Mount Isa Water Board is progressing a study examining cost-effective solar pumping to bring water from Lake Julius to Mount Isa’s water treatment plant.
The U.S. Department of Energy says its multi-billion dollar SunShot program has achieved over 90 percent of its stated goal to make solar energy fully cost-competitive with traditional energy sources by 2020.
There are now officially more than 1.6 million small solar panel systems installed throughout the nation; enough to supply the electricity needs of 1.4 million Australian households.
Germany’s sonnen is leading that nation’s home battery sector and has already become very popular in Australia according to a recent report.