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Meralli Solar, Bridge Street, Uralla (2026)

18/11/2024

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. if like us your home is in the New England join us at the Uralla Christmas Street Fair this Friday evening. Check out their event page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/864581712512476/ and let us know if you will be there. There will be a Live Nativity & Santa's Toy Workshop at 5 and 5.30pm, Sing-Along Carols at 6.30pm and Lighting the Tree at 7.30pm

17/04/2024

🎧 Podcast Spotlight 🎧

Join the conversation with the Switched On Podcast | Labor’s strategy to reduce energy bills and emissions – too much planning, not enough doing?

Senator Jennifer McAllister, the Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy, discusses the NEPS and what the government has identified as ways to help householders and businesses overcome the hurdles of the energy transition, and the current cost of living.

🎙️ Listen here https://on.soundcloud.com/NV7gszDUagYc4omJA

📷 Wathagar Solar Farm

15/04/2024

🔆📰 Renewables and energy news that crossed Meralli’s desk recently...

• AUS RECORD SURGE IN UTILITY-SCALE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE
Solar and storage analyst Sunwiz said 2023 was the year of the big battery with a record number of large-scale battery energy storage systems featuring almost 1 GW / 1.5 GWh of combined capacity energised across Australia. (PV Magazine)

• ALBANESE FLAGS TIGHTER FOREIGN INVESTMENT RULES
Major manufacturing and clean energy projects will be funded in the upcoming federal budget as Anthony Albanese flags a possible tightening of foreign investment rules. The prime minister unveiled the Future Made in Australia Act on Thursday, which would advance manufacturing and safeguard the nation’s control over resources and critical minerals. (Renew Economy)

• AIMING FOR ‘NET-NEGATIVE’ EMISSIONS
Germany recently became the first major economy to announce it intends to introduce a target to reach “net-negative” emissions later this century. In this article, Carbon Brief explores which countries are or have targets to be net-negative, plus the moral and scientific arguments for setting such a milestone. (Carbon Brief)

Read the full articles here https://meralliprojects.com.au/weeklywrapup12042024/

📷 Wathagar Solar Farm, located in Moree NSW. Here you can see our state-of-the-art approach to construction and the PEG substructure.

12/04/2024

🎧 Podcast Spotlight 🎧

Join the conversation with the Energy Insiders Podcast | Is there a smarter way to transmit power?

TS Conductor CEO Jason Huang on reducing line losses for renewables and storage. Plus: All the news of the week.

🎙️ Listen here https://on.soundcloud.com/gECcCQuBefwP8vKa8

📷 Bell Bay Solar Farm

24/03/2024

🎧 Podcast Spotlight 🎧

Join the conversation with the Switched On podcast | How First Nations communities are solving long-standing energy security problems with renewables

In the Northern Territory remote First Nations communities have to battle power outages, a reliance on diesel, and mandatory prepaid metres for their electricity that are regularly disconnected when residents don't have the money to top up their power cards. Without access to functional, reliable and affordable power, the basics for a healthy home and community just don't exist.

🎙️ Listen here https://on.soundcloud.com/jrMpT

📷: Progress during the Dunblane Solar Farm build in Barcaldine, Queensland

20/03/2024

🎧 Podcast Spotlight 🎧

Join the conversation with The Energy Show | Why Is Solar Taking Over The World?

This episode is all about World Domination.

Domination of energy production, that is. In the re-scrambled words of the wise and infamous Dr. Evil: “Why make Gigawatts when we can make…Terrawatts!”

🎙️ Listen here https://on.soundcloud.com/Nhvws

📷: An aerial shot from Junee Solar Farm

18/03/2024

🔆📰 Renewables and energy news that crossed Meralli’s desk recently...

• FASTER APPROVAL FOR VIC RENEWABLE PROJECTS
Recent Announcement: The Victorian government will accelerate planning approvals for renewable energy projects. The change will mean that all new renewable energy projects in Victoria will no longer be subject to planning panel process and third-party appeals at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). (PV Magazine)

• NER RULE CHANGES
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) is seeking public feedback on a rule change request to the National Electricity Rules (NER) from State and Federal Energy Ministers. The AEMC is examining the proposal, which intends to introduce greater flexibility to the framework and address potential barriers to delivering interconnector projects. (Utility Magazine)

• NEW ENGLAND TRANSMISSION ROUTE REVISED
The NSW state government’s EnergyCo has announced a change in the proposed route of the main transmission line linking the huge New England renewable energy zone, but not everyone is happy. The “improved” corridor was unveiled recently by EnergyCo. (Renew Economy)

📌Read the full articles here https://meralliprojects.com.au/weeklywrapup18032024/

📷 Progress shot of Junee Solar Farm taken during the build

07/03/2024

Check out this bird's eye view of Tregalana Solar Farm (Stage 1), a stone's throw away from Whyalla Steelworks.

Tregalana Solar Farm was built by Meralli in two stages and completed in 2022. Located in Whyalla SA, it is a 6,813 MW DC generator feeding into the grid, Treglana Solar Farm is capable of powering an average of 1,528 homes and has an expected annual CO2 offset of an impressive 6,320 tonnes.

*Homes powered is based on an average Sydney household with 2.4 people who use 5,237 kWh per year) ** This is 'tonnes of CO2 equivalent' to producing the same amount of energy via coal.

06/03/2024

🎧 Podcast Spotlight 🎧

Join the conversation with the Carbon Copy Podcast | A view of the $1.8 trillion clean energy economy

Can a couple trillion dollars feel small?

Global investments in the energy transition – from the buildout of factories and power projects to project finance and government debt – hit nearly $1.8 trillion last year. It’s nearly 20% more than the year before and nearly eight times more than a decade ago. But even with those record levels of spending, we are astonishingly behind what’s needed to stay on a net-zero trajectory this decade. In this episode, the Carbon Copy crew discuss what’s growing, what’s lagging, and what the trillion-dollar scale means at the ground level.

🎙️ Listen here https://shorturl.at/mGHN6

📷: Tregalana solar farm in Whyalla, South Australia

04/03/2024

🔆📰 Renewables and energy news that crossed Meralli’s desk recently...

• PREDICTING THE FUTURE OF SOLAR
Now in its 14th edition, the International Technology Roadmap for Photovoltaics (ITRPV) has become an influential report for the solar industry, documenting and forecasting supply chain trends from polysilicon to modules and solar bill-of-materials components. You can read the report in full here. (PV Magazine)

• FUTURE-PROOFING AUSTRALIA'S ELECTRICITY NETWORK
Australians are shifting towards renewable energy including the electrification of homes, industries, and transportation, alongside lifestyle changes such as increased remote work, all posing significant implications for electricity distribution networks in terms of energy demand, distribution methods, and timing. But how do we find balance and future-proof Australia’s electricity network? (Utility Magazine)

• SOUTH AUSTRALIA FAST-TRACKS 100% RENEWABLES TARGET TO 2027
The South Australia state government says it has fast-tracked its target of “net 100 percent” renewables to 2027 – rather than 2030 – as a result of the state’s new wind and solar developments and its ambitious hydrogen plans. South Australia already leads the world with more than 71 percent (or 74 percent according to government data) of its annual demand being met by wind and solar only over the last 12 months. Read more. (Renew Economy)

📌 Read the full articles here https://meralliprojects.com.au/weeklywrapup04032024/

📷 Tregalana Solar Farm, SA

01/03/2024

We had the opportunity to meet these lovely ladies at the 'Hole in the Wall' at Uralla earlier this week. Aunty Pam (pictured on the right) has been going for over a decade. It's for over indigenous Australians over 50 and intended to encourage exercise, create cultural connections across NSW, as well as encourage health checks with a range of health stalls from diabetes to blood pressure and more. They are fundraising to send a team of ten plus 2 reserves - and a carer for one of their participants who can only attend with support - , and a bus and bus driver to the Indigenous Elders Olympics at Kempsey in May 2024. The stall's last day is on Saturday 2nd March at 12 midday so pop in and help them out. The stall has second hand goods, new handmade goods, seedlings and today we were even able to pick up some fresh produce and indoor plants. Stop in and have a yarn. Buy something, donate some cash or donate something to sell, every little bit counts! We've all done some shopping!

21/02/2024

🎧 Podcast Spotlight 🎧

Join the conversation with the Energy Insiders Podcast | Renewable energy barriers and curtailment

Dylan McConnell from the Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM) discusses the benefits of the Capacity Investment Scheme, its impact on prices and how spilled energy should be paid for.

🎙️ Listen here https://on.soundcloud.com/AkEKT

📷 Meralli Solar crew member installing PEG substructure

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