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Solar Insiders Podcast: A hat tip to some great Australian solar pioneers

Giles Parkinson & Nigel Morris

May 26, 2021

Australia’s solar pioneers have been awesome, and it’s sad to say goodbye. Plus: Some really crap solar stories.

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