Huge solar farm opened in WA

Australia’s first utility-scale solar farm has opened for business near Geraldton in Western Australia’s Mid West region.

The 10-megawatt (MW) capacity Greenough River Solar Farm, which is Australia’s biggest solar photovoltaic project comprising 150,000 panels, was officially opened on Wednesday.

Source: ninemsn

Huge solar farm opened in WA 2015-10-23T11:29:36+08:00

Risks in tinkering with RET target

Since the release of the Climate Change Authority’s issues paper on the renewable energy target, public debate on the target has been primarily split between two camps. One is to change it because of the possibility of its delivering more than 20 per cent of electricity generation from renewable sources by 2020. The other is […]

Risks in tinkering with RET target 2015-10-23T11:29:52+08:00

Carbon tax to feature on WA power bills

West Australians will soon be able to see the carbon tax proponent of their power and water bills.

While no other state is planning to do the same, from July 1, all WA utilities bills will show a breakdown of the carbon tax proponent.

 

Source: WA Today

Carbon tax to feature on WA power bills 2015-10-23T11:32:27+08:00