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Electricians reject Queensland solar rule: Adds “nothing but red tape”
Electricians body says new rules on solar installations are no good. “Our members didn’t do 4-year electrical apprenticeship (to) lift heavy solar panels.”
Sophie Vorrath

May 15, 2019

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Victorian Government

Numurkah solar farm, to help power steel works, Melbourne trams, begins production
Neoen’s 100MW Numurkah solar farm, which will help power Sanjeev Gupta’s Laverton steel works, and Melbourne’s trams, starts production.
Sophie Vorrath

May 13, 2019

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Solar

Queensland councils say solar rule change will kill regional jobs
Queensland mayors join outcry against state government solar farm rule change, warning it threatens a major source of employment for rural communities.
Sophie Vorrath

May 10, 2019

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Solar

NSW green-lights 100MW solar farm plus battery for Riverina region
ESCO Pacific plans to build a 100MW solar and battery power station near West Wyalong have won approval from the state government.
Sophie Vorrath

May 10, 2019

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Solar

Westpac taps NSW solar farm in shift to 100% renewables
Westpac becomes 4th Australian company – 3rd major bank – to sign up to global RE100 movement, starting with major solar offtake deal with 120MW Bomen Solar Farm.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 22, 2019

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Renewables

Five-minute forecasting to boost solar and wind and battery investments
Australian researchers are developing short-term weather forecasts for solar farms to help them precisely predict output as little as five minutes in advance.
Andrew Spence

Apr 11, 2019

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Solar

Queensland enacts new solar rules, as stunned industry warns of investment standstill
Queensland confirms solar panel installation on projects over 100kW will be restricted to licensed electricians. Industry says new rules are “daft”, and potentially devastating.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 10, 2019

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Big solar pipeline could come to “grinding halt” under Queensland rule change
New Queensland rule demanding only licensed electricians handle PV panels on solar farms slammed by industry as excessive, unnecessary and potentially devastating.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 8, 2019

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Solar

Canada replaces largest North American coal plant with solar
A 44MW solar facility has been completed in Ontario, built on the site of what was once the largest coal-fired power plant in North America.
Joshua S Hill

Apr 4, 2019

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Victoria solar project heads to VCAT, in landmark battle over land use
A 200MW solar farm proposed for Victoria’s south west will go before the administration tribunal in what shapes as a landmark battle over land use.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 22, 2019

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Renewables

Telstra flags plans to underwrite 300MW of new solar, wind
Telstra is preparing to tender for another 300MW of new solar, wind – this time in the NSW market – to further cut its exposure to volatile grid prices.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 21, 2019

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Renewables

Wind and solar farms to forecast their own output, in ARENA-backed pilot
ARENA funds AEMO-backed pilot to test potential for wind and solar farms to provide their own forecasts of generation output, and boost accuracy of market operations.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 18, 2019

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