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Skills Training Key to Unlocking Townsville’s Hydrogen Potential
July 12, 2022
12 July 2022: Skills Training Key to Unlocking Townsville’s Hydrogen Potential Solar Citizens this morning welcomes an announcement that TAFE Queensland and Ark Energy Corporation Pty Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
Read More ShareHousehold Solar Slashing Queensland’s Staggering Electricity Prices
July 07, 2022
7 July 2022: Household Solar Slashing Queensland’s Staggering Electricity Prices Queensland’s 870,000 solar homes and businesses effectively provided up to $60 million worth of free electricity to the grid in May and helped drive...
Read More ShareAustralian consumers missing out on supply of affordable EVs
July 01, 2022
1st July 2022: Australian consumers missing out on supply of affordable EVs Clean transport advocates Solar Citizens have welcomed today's stronger tax cuts for electric vehicles from the federal government, but warn that without...
Read More SharePayments to Unreliable Coal and Gas Slammed
June 20, 2022
20 June 2022: Payments to Unreliable Coal and Gas Slammed Community group Solar Citizens has today slammed plans by the Energy Security Board to implement a capacity market that would include payments to ageing...
Read More ShareSolar Citizens Responds to Sun Tax Scare
June 15, 2022
15 June 2022: Solar Citizens Responds to Sun Tax Scare There is no indication that the Queensland Government is considering implementing the sun tax, says community group Solar Citizens. “When the Australian Energy Market...
Read More ShareRio Tinto’s Renewables Shift Signals Need for More Grid Support
June 09, 2022
9 June 2022: Rio Tinto’s Renewables Shift Signals Need for More Grid Support Solar Citizens today welcomes Rio Tinto’s calls for 4000 MW of renewable energy to be developed in Queensland to power its...
Read More ShareRegional Queensland Power Bills to Rise as Fossil Fuel Prices Bite
May 31, 2022
31 May 2022: Regional Queensland Power Bills to Rise as Fossil Fuel Prices Bite Residential power prices in regional Queensland will rise on average by 9.2 per cent from July 1st following the Queensland...
Read More ShareSkyrocketing Fossil Fuels Price to Hit Household Power Bills
May 26, 2022
26 May 2022: Skyrocketing Fossil Fuels Price to Hit Household Power Bills The Default Market Offer for retail electricity prices has today been announced for Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia, setting up...
Read More ShareVoters Choose Action in the Climate Election
May 23, 2022
23 May 2022: Voters Choose Action in the Climate Election The federal election result shows that the climate narrative has shifted and Australians want real action on climate and clean energy, says community group...
Read More SharePlan to Charge Up Queensland Battery Manufacturing Welcomed
May 12, 2022
12 May 2022: Plan to Charge Up Queensland Battery Manufacturing Welcomed Solar Citizens today welcomes a plan by the Federal Labor Opposition to kickstart battery manufacturing in Queensland by partnering with the Queensland Government...
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