Solar Citizens has expressed concern that the terms of the board of directors of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency will expire this Friday with no plan to replace them. ‘ARENA oversees millions of dollars...

Turbocharging Queensland’s large-scale renewable energy industry creates 9,300 construction jobs every year for ten years and almost 6,000 ongoing jobs, according to a new report by Solar Citizens.  The report, titled Queensland’s Renewable Recovery...

Solar Citizens, a national organisation advocating for rooftop solar owners, has hit back at suggestions from the Australian Energy Regulator that solar owners should be charged for providing power to the grid."Rooftop solar benefits...

Community group Solar Citizens says a decrease in electricity tariffs for regional Queenslanders is largely thanks to more renewable energy projects coming online.  On Thursday the QCA released regulated retail electricity prices for 2020-21...

19 June: Solar Must Only be Switched Off in Emergencies Solar Citizens today congratulates the South Australian Government’s commitment to achieving 100% renewable energy by 2030, but has concerns that a rule change to allow...

Solar Citizens today welcomes the Palaszczuk Government’s $17 million investment towards a new Renewable Energy Training Facility.The Government says the new facility will provide skills training for 750 apprentices a year as well as...

Solar Citizens has condemned the Federal Government’s technology road map, which was released overnight.‘The government’s technology road map includes investment in emissions intensive gas fired power, keeping coal fired power stations open and investing...

Solar Citizens today condemns the Federal Government’s backing of a gas-fired economic recovery, saying the government is supporting expensive, out-of-date technology.“While renewables are driving down the wholesale price of electricity, expensive gas has been...

19 May 2020: CopperString 2.0 investment a win for North QueenslandersSolar Citizens today congratulates the Queensland Government for supporting the CopperString 2.0 project with $14.8 million.The proposed transmission project will connect Mt Isa to...

12 May 2020: Renewable Jobs Bonanza Could Help Struggling Queensland Economy.  More than 51,000 construction jobs could be created in Queensland if the 108 large-scale renewable energy projects in the development pipeline went ahead,...