To save you some time, we’ve searched the internet for the latest news in solar farm projects and other renewables. Grab your coffee, here’s the industry must-knows for the week 12/09/22 edition):
- Free solar skill training for plumbers and fourth-year plumbing apprentices in Victoria (The National Tribune)
- A new report says global security concerns and record prices suggest a quicker end to Aussie coal (The New Daily)
- Scientists in Germany have studied how seawater batteries could be used for renewables storage (PV Magazine)
- Why Australia is sitting on a clean energy bonanza as the perfect answer to the twin perils of rising electricity prices and climate change (AFR)
- Tasmanian farmers are set to utilise solar PV to cut energy costs with the state-owned irrigation authority announcing plans to install solar arrays at up to 13 existing pump station sites (PV Magazine)
- NSW opens its first solar garden allowing residents new capabilities to tap into the free energy of the sun (Energy Matters)
- Employment in the global energy industry has risen above its pre-pandemic levels, led by increased hiring in clean energy (Renews.biz)
- Record levels of solar power across the EU this summer avoided the need for 20bn cubic metres (bcm) of gas, which would have cost €29bn (£25bn) to import (Renew Economy)
- More communities are empowering themselves with their own small-scale electricity systems free of fossil fuels (The Age)
Our shot of the week (from the Meralli archives) captures the PEG substructure during our build of the Baroota solar farm.
