A university car park in south-east Queensland is making itself twice as useful to the academic community after its conversion to a 1.1MW solar plant.
Australia’s power grid needs a modern solution to sustain its 50 Hz electricity supply.
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) issues the warning in a new paper titled, ‘Arresting frequency changes in a modern electricity system’.
Solar PV is a far cheaper option than it once was but for many owners a whizzbang system still means taking out a loan. Clean Energy Council director smart energy Darren Gladman weighs all the options.
A new study has found Sydney rooftop solar potential remains an untapped resource, with just 6.7 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity installed across the CBD.