If you are installing solar you should be aware the second draft of the new battery standard (DR AS/NZS 5139:2019) has been made public. A nine-week public comment period closed on April 3 and we are waiting on the final document to be released.
With time running out for us to make deep reductions in greenhouse emissions, you may well be wondering what you personally can do to minimise your own greenhouse footprint. The average greenhouse emissions per Australian are the equivalent of 21 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. How can you offset or neutralise your personal share of these carbon emissions in the most cost-effective way?
Key utilities in Western Australia are substituting solar battery technology for ageing power infrastructure in remote farming areas. This utility solar battery use is a turnaround for big utilities’ traditional non-renewable energy sources.
A Hong Kong investment firm says a deal has been signed to build two large coal-fired power plants near the town of Kurri Kurri in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley region. Kaisun Holdings Ltd claims it has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese power provider and a small private Australian company to build two 1,000 MW “Ultra Super Critical Coal-Fired Power Plant” stations.