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A trial of renewable classrooms has been expanded to Queensland, with Brisbane high school students now being taught in Australia’s first solar- and battery-powered portable classroom.

Jobs related to renewable energy production in Australia grew by a third in 2016-17 to the equivalent of 14,820 full-time positions, the Australian Bureau of Statistics says.

The University of NSW has secured a tripartite arrangement with contract partners Maoneng Australia and Origin Energy for an offsite Solar PV Corporate Power Purchase Agreement.

The Australian Solar Council and the Energy Storage Council have combined to form the Smart Energy Council, a new peak industry body for the solar, storage and smart energy industries.

Step over, Tesla. Team Arrow, an Australian non-profit, high-tech, renewable energy think-tank, is bringing its solar-powered race car to the streets.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is contributing $18 million towards funding for the $160 million Kennedy Park wind, solar and battery project in North Queensland.

Major Aussie telco Amaysim recently added NBN to its portfolio, and has now gracefully delivered the electrifying news that it has "amazingly simple" electricity plans, too.

Redflow,  Australian developers, and makers of the ZCell battery, has completed compatibility testing with Melbourne-based inverter manufacturer Selectronic Australia. 

Energy company AGL has launched a new version of its mobile app which it says can help customers save money on their electricity and gas bills, and solar energy consumption.

Energy storage provider Redback Technologies is collaborating with the University of Queensland (UQ) in a move aimed at accelerating the global commercialisation of Redback’s existing technology.

Brisbane-based battery producer Redflow is set to launch its residential energy storage offering in late March following completion of a successful end user trial in Africa.

Kyocera has agreed to test French developed technology that adds photovoltaic charging capability to a touchscreen.

Sydney-based nearmap provides frequently updated, high quality aerial imagery used by construction, engineering, real estate and other companies, as well as governments. The latest addition to its service is a tool to help plan solar panel installations.

Say good bye to extra weight from carrying batteries when you go off-grid for days. Here's a clean, viable solution for business users who travel away from grid to deliver rural services, or for extreme endurance sports, or for hobbyists, and need to keep their smartphones, tablets, cameras, sports devices etc up and running throughout. The affordable, lightweight mPowerpad is capable for charging up 2 iPhones with 6 hours worth of sunlight, and using a unique gesture-based control, provides additional functions indispensable for off-grid living.

Keeping your gadgets charged can be an issue when you're off the beaten track. powermonkey-eXtreme is a rugged portable power source with its own solar charger.

Ford and SunPower Corp have combined to harness the power of the sun in a rooftop system designed to power the Focus Electric

As Australia readies itself for the imposition of a Carbon tax and renewed calls ring out from Bob Brown and the Greens to shut down all of Australia's coal fired power stations, the question remains as to whether the Greens vision of Australia going 100% renewable energy by 2020 is actually feasible or just a dewy-eyed impossible dream.

The Federal Government has been waxing lyrical about a new $923 million photovoltaic solar power plant soon to commence construction in Australia. The new solar farm at Moree near the NSW-QLD border will occupy 1200 hectares (12 square kilometres) with a capacity of 150MW, making it the largest in the world. In the scheme of power generation, is this plant of any significance?

Australia's climate and tax-obsessed Federal Government says the environment is important and that Australians need a tax to be forced into reducing carbon emissions, yet that same Government has just cut solar panel subsidies raising questions over whether it truly is environmentally minded, or simply money-minded.

Billion Electric Co., Ltd. (Taiex: 3027, trading as Billion), a leading Asia Pacific-based provider in network equipments and green management products, will highlight its latest Solar and Wind Energy Management Solutions, Intelligent Streetlight Control and Management Solutions, Smart Grid AMI Solutions, and BPL / EoC Broadband Access Solutions at Messe Hannover 2011 which is to be held on April 4th to 8th in Hannover, Germany. , visitors will have the opportunity to be witnessed the most up-to-date technologies.