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The renovated roof of the South Melbourne Market is to become home to 3000 solar panels if a community funded solar project goes ahead.

With the recent release of the Federal Government whitepaper on power there has been a great deal of opposition from the state of Queensland.

This month Australian solar PV installations have reached the milestone of 2GW.

We believe the following stars deserve some love for their devotion to the cause of solar energy and sustainable living. These are the winners of the Solar Power Academy Awards.

Western Australia’s state owned regional power company Horizon Power have introduced solar smoothing devices to regulate the flow of power from solar systems in regional WA.

With the rapid increases in solar PV in the state, people without the systems may be disproportionately paying to maintain the WA power grid.

A recent review has found a dramatic fall in greenhouse gas emissions from Australia’s power stations across Eastern mainland states.

A new report by the Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA) has rated WA and Queensland as the slowest states to complete energy market reforms.

Households in Canberra and ACT should take action before June 30 when the Territory’s feed in tariff is slashed.

According to latest figures released by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), South Australia is set to derive half of its power from renewable sources within the next decade.

Australian homeowners are the winners from a global glut of solar panels, will it last?

The Australian Government has announced an $83 million project in partnership with the US department of energy.

According to an industry expert, power bills are higher in Western Australia because Western Power has been overestimating how many ‘poles and wires’ it needs to meet electricity demand.

According to a St Vincent de Paul Society survey, low income South Australians get less energy concessions than people in other states and pay more for their bills.

South Australian households are being urged to beat the September 30 deadline in order to secure the 16 cent distributor contribution up until September 2016.