Parents for Climate, Future Ready Schools, and the NSW/ACT Electrical Trades Union (ETU) has welcomed a motion passed at the NSW Labor Conference on the weekend calling for a comprehensive rollout of solar generation and battery storage at every public school and early learning centre in New South Wales.

Rainbow Power Company yesterday announced the appointment of Solar Hall of Fame inductee Nigel Morris as Chair of the Board. The move marks a homecoming to the company where Mr Morris’s pioneering solar career began 34 years ago.

The thought of power from the sun is an exciting prospect for many home owners for both the environmental and financial benefits.

Independent energy experts largely – although not universally – agree with an economic analysis that finds renewable energy, with storage, to be the cheapest energy option for Australia’s future.

Byron Community College has a new 19.3kW rooftop solar system at the charity’s college in Mullumbimby, NSW. An interest-free loan of $14,700 – sourced entirely from donations – financed the project and was provided by national climate action charity, Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia (CORENA).

After being badly damaged during the 2022 floods, the much-loved Kohinur Hall is once again starting to live up to its reputation for being the arts and cultural hub of the Main Arm community.

Workers installing solar panels on rooftops can expect a visit from SafeWork NSW Inspectors, who are undertaking a six-month state-wide operation to ensure safety in this busy industry.

The proponent behind a micro-grid solar farm and green energy storage facility in Byron Shire says that Essential Energy’s policy for connecting to the ‘poles and wires’ grid network is cost-prohibitive

Though the Prime Minister and his mob continue to sell us the idea of coal and gas, a new report released today shows that solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind continue to be the cheapest sources of new electricity generation capacity in Australia

Looking to the future, one might ask the question why all Australian outdoor carparks don’t have solar powered generating shade cover.