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Victoria’s state Labor government has announced a dramatic split from national electricity rules in a bid to fast-track urgent grid upgrades, unlock more large-scale renewables and encourage more big batteries. A clearly frustrated state energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio said on Tuesday that the government would seek amendments to the National Electricity (Victoria) Act 2005 to […]
Victoria’s Central Highlands Water is increasing its use of solar energy – and its new PV project is thanks in part to people power. Central Highlands Water has been providing drinking water, sewage, trade waste and recycled water services to customers throughout the Central Highlands region of the state for more than 150 years. CHW’s […]
Duke Energy Florida says it has installed its one-millionth solar panel in the state at the company’s Columbia Solar Power Plant in Fort White, Fla. Duke Energy Florida plans to install a significant amount of additional solar energy across the state over the next 10 years. The company will have a total of almost 515 […]
[embedded content] From flat plate thermal systems to heat pumps and solar PV diverters, in this video Finn takes a look at your solar hot water options. Video transcript: Did you know that there are two fundamentally different ways to generate solar energy and therefore two fundamentally different types of solar panel? To keep it […]
The Charlotte City Council says it has voted to participate in the Duke Energy Green Source Advantage (GSA) Program, which will enable the City of Charlotte to move forward with a 35 MW, utility-scale solar energy project. Charlotte’s participation in the program makes it the nation’s most populous city to acquire new renewable energy through […]
The SunPower Solar Advisor team, based in Austin, Texas, takes calls from homeowners interested in solar, answers their questions and then connects them to one of our dealer partners in their area. As you might imagine, questions range from the informational “How does solar work?” to the more complex “How efficient are SunPower’s solar panels?”. The following are […]
Some lab animals used for animal testing by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will now be sent to shelters and sanctuaries for adoption. The FDA policy took effect Nov. 18, 2019 but was not made public. The policy states, “There are occasions in which healthy live animals are available following their intended use in […]
In the summer, the hours of 4-9pm are especially problematic so to counter this, the utility companies have changed the pricing of electricity from being based on how much you use each month to the time of day that you use the power. During the weekday hours of 4-9pm (June-Oct), electricity now costs twice as […]
Dominion Energy Virginia received approval from the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to move forward with four battery storage pilot projects to pave the way for additional energy storage technology needed to support the company’s commitment to achieve net zero carbon and methane emissions by 2050, increase in renewables and to improve grid reliability. The four […]
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