Daily Archives: October 13, 2016

First Solar Farm in Community Renewable Energy Project Joins the Grid in South Australia

First Solar Farm in Community Renewable Energy Project Joins the Grid in South Australia The first commercial solar farm in a project aiming to provide options for Australia’s struggling vignerons has gone live. The 187-kW site in the South Australian town of Renmark was switched on to the electricity grid on Sept. 26. It is…

Cheap Solar Power in Texas May Depress Peak Electricity Prices

Cheap Solar Power in Texas May Depress Peak Electricity Prices A boom in solar energy in Texas is about to spoil power generators’ favorite time of day. Developers are expected to build about 4 GW of commercial-scale solar PV capacity in the Lone Star state by the end of the decade, according to a report by Bloomberg…