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- Solar uptake creates challenges for regional power grid Sat, 1 Feb 20, 7:13amThe take-up of renewable energy is proving to be a challenge in the Western Murray region.
- Electric car to power Barossa winery Tue, 30 Jun 20, 1:00pm"It's not the Jetson's, the technology is here now": The Barossa family running their winery and house off an electric car.
- Solar Chooks: Embracing solar energy on a major scale Sun, 1 Nov 20, 12:55pmThe country's biggest free-range meat chicken farm has slashed its power bill after installing one of agriculture's most extensive solar and battery systems.
- Farmers angry 'high-quality agriculture land' used for solar panels Thu, 24 Dec 20, 5:50pmA three-year battle between farmers and the New South Wales Government has ended with the conditional approval of a 120-megawatt solar farm planned for land 4 kilometres out of the Jindera township.
- For egg producer Brett Langfield, switching to solar was about more than money Thu, 12 Nov 20, 6:24amTen of Australia's 12 largest egg producers have some form of solar energy powering their farms, with proponents urging a move toward carbon neutrality in an already low-carbon-sourced industry.
- 'Mining the wind and sun': Outback town's grand ambition for renewable dominance Thu, 13 Aug 20, 5:08pmBroken Hill, in outback New South Wales, could become home to one of the world's largest mini-grids supplied by renewable energy within three years.
- New England renewables zone to challenge output of coal-fired power stations Fri, 10 Jul 20, 12:48pmThe NSW Government announces a $79 million designation for the region and moves to allay landowners' concerns about potential impacts on farmland.
- Shake-up of WA's electricity laws tipped to cause renewable energy investment surge Fri, 1 May 20, 1:21pmA wave of renewable energy is set to wash over Western Australia’s farming heartland under new laws.
- Three prefab modules make up this contemporary rural home Tue, 31 Mar 20, 2:30amOn a 190-hectare working farm near the NSW city of Orange, Australian modular design company Modscape has completed a new prefab home that takes in dramatic landscape views in all directions...
- Energy policy shake-up flagged as Government looks to dump solar, wind investment Fri, 28 Feb 20, 7:39pmNew technologies will be prioritised in a bid to reduce Australia's greenhouse emissions, the Energy Minister says, but environmentalists say the move is simply delaying real action.
- This energy-efficient goat dairy runs on solar power, no kidding Tue, 25 Feb 20, 1:42pmWhen you buy your next block of cheese, it may have been produced using solar power — especially if it's from a farm in the rolling hills of southern Tasmania.
- 'Bring it on': Minerals Council NT backs world's biggest solar farm in the Barkly Tue, 11 Feb 20, 12:14pmPlans to build the world's largest solar farm in the Northern Territory receive support from what seems an unlikely ally.
- Power grab: Authorities look to control household solar systems to stabilise the grid Sun, 8 Dec 19, 6:21amThe body that runs WA's main electricity market wants the ability to remotely dump excess solar power from households — cutting the bill rebates people currently receive — to help avoid rolling power cuts.
- There's a way to stop solar power overwhelming the grid — but it comes at a cost Sun, 8 Dec 19, 6:21amThe body that runs WA's main electricity market wants the ability to remotely dump excess solar power from households — cutting the bill rebates people currently receive — to help avoid rolling power cuts.
- Work starts on NT's largest solar farm in race to 50pc renewables by 2030 Thu, 18 Jul 19, 9:03amOne of the world's major oil and gas companies, Eni, starts building the Northern Territory's largest solar farm — boosting the NT's renewable energy use by up to 4 per cent.