Queensland’s Government has announced it will provide long-term financial support for up to 120 megawatts of installed large-scale solar generation.
In August last year, the Palaszczuk Government upped its election commitment from 40MW to 60MW and yesterday it announced it would double that.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will today announce a $100 million program to fund community renewable energy projects across Australia.
SBS reports Labor will commit to establishing 10 community power hubs; with a focus on rental properties, public housing, aged care facilities and apartment blocks.
A new poll indicates 71% of Australian voters would consider voting for a party that supported distributed small-scale solar and storage.
The Australia Institute’s report into battery storage also states 1 in 4 Australians want to generate their own power and store it with view to disconnecting from the mains grid altogether.
Iconic opal mining town Coober Pedy will become the nation’s latest renewable energy township after a deal was struck between Hydro Tasmania and Energy Developments Limited (EDL) to build a multi-megawatt solar and wind project to augment the desert community’s ailing diesel generation system.