Renewable power has now reached the highest share of Australia’s energy use in 40 years. A Green Energy Markets report just released shows wind, solar and hydro accounting for more than 21 per cent of all electricity generated in Australia in the calendar year of 2018.
Deakin University has broken ground on a $30 million solar-powered microgrid at its Waurn Ponds Campus in Geelong, Victoria. Vice-Chancellor Professor Jane den Hollander last week joined officials from project partner AusNet Services to turn the ceremonial first sod on the project.
Imagine being the only one in your street with power as Sydney blackouts hit home on the hottest day of summer so far. Eastern suburbs resident Carl Prins enjoyed this experience yesterday. The reason? His solar-powered Tesla Powerwall 2 battery kicked in as 45,000 homes and businesses in Sydney’s eastern suburbs lost power due to a fault in an underground cable.
The Bill Shorten renewable energy plan includes a pledge to establish a community power hub in the NSW seaside town of Tathra if he becomes Australia’s next Prime Minister, the Bega District News reports.