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CORENA normally leaves it up to advocacy and campaigning groups to run petitions on climate issues, but we are now facing proposed changes in network tariffs that we cannot ignore. The proposed demand tariff structures would not only affect how much Quick Win projects can reduce carbon emissions, they would affect how much all householders …
6/11/2015 We all know that it is wise to invest in our future, right? And many of us have grave concerns about what that future looks like if we charge ahead with unmitigated climate change. Introducing CORENA’s ‘super’ fund (www.corenafund.org.au). Here is a fund that keeps giving back to our planet from the moment anyone …
8/6/15: CORENA patron, Monica Oliphant OA, was today recognised in the 2015 Queen\’s Birthday Honours list for distinguished service to the renewable energy sector as a research scientist, particularly through pioneering roles in solar photovoltaics and power generation, and to national and international organisations. Monica\’s details as they appear in the honours list are: International …
This week\’s solar PV installation at Camden Park, SA, brings the total amount installed by CORENA\’s Quick Win community solar projects so far to 35kW. Another 8kW has been added by recipient organisations in conjunction with these projects, giving an overall result of 43kW installed. Two of the projects have also included replacing lights with …
5/3/15, ABC News\”An Australian-first floating solar power plant is expected to be operational in South Australia by early April, with construction about to begin. The plant will float on a wastewater treatment facility in Jamestown in the state\’s mid north. Felicia Whiting of Infratech Industries said the plant was designed so that much of the …
The first WA project has just been queued for funding as CORENA\’s 5th Quick Win project. This will pay for a solar installation for the Nannup Community Resource Centre in a rural area 3 hours south of Perth. Currently all contributions to the Quick Win project fund are going towards Project 4 at Camden in …
14/1/2015 In response to requests from supporters, we now have CORENA promo items available to help spread the word about CORENA solar projects. In the past we\’ve avoided the consumerism of having \’merchandise\’, but we feel a few promo items can be a good promotion investment if used wisely. For example, supporters can give visibility …
Jan 12, 2015, graph from RenewEconomy article, http://reneweconomy.com.au/2015/day-rooftop-solar-met-one-third-south-australias-demand-66103 This graph is for a public holiday, but a similar evening peak would apply on business days too. Note how the electricity from Victorian brown coal generation balloons (the red part) as generation from SA\’s rooftop solar PV declines at dusk. This is the time slot when …
December 18, 2014 Today we reached the $16,000 funding target for solar panels for Project 3, the Beechworth Montessori School in northern Victoria, so now all Quick Win project contributions will be going towards Project 4 at the Camden Community Centre. The donated funds will be boosted by quarterly loan repayments from the first three …
With Australian electricity prices amongst the highest in the world, more and more households are going solar. The big power companies say the Renewable Energy Target is undermining their businesses and they want it wound back. The federal government agrees, so who is to blame for the high price of power? Never has it been …