Hi everyone,
 
Labor's National Hydrogen Plan created a bit of excitement last week - but is it a Lead Zeppelin?
 
In other news, South Australian Minister for Energy and Mining Dan van Holst Pellekaan has revealed some numbers on uptake of the state’s home solar battery grants scheme, Google and Facebook are getting more solar, and a 75 year-old corn vendor in India has become somewhat of a celebrity through her use of solar energy.
 
More on these stories and other news below!
 
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Labor’s Hydrogen Plan Is A Lead Zeppelin
Australia is unlikely to ever export large quantities of hydrogen, so Labor's promised millions to kick start the 'hydrogen economy' will be wasted.

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SOLAR NEWS

New Record Set For Corporate Clean Energy PPAs In 2018
BloombergNEF (BNEF) reports corporations across the world entered into agreements covering 13.4GW of renewable energy capacity in 2018, more than double 2017’s figure of 6.1GW.
 
75-Year-Old Corn Vendor Gets Solar – Internet Goes Nuts
Here’s another great example of the good that solar power can do in making struggling people’s lives a little bit easier.
 
JinkoSolar Announces Record Conversion Efficiency For Mono Solar Cell
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Solar PPA For Colocated Facebook Data Center
A Facebook data center landlord in the USA says it has signed a solar power purchase agreement on behalf of the social network giant.
 
SA Home Battery Scheme Grant Update
South Australian Minister for Energy and Mining Dan van Holst Pellekaan has revealed some numbers on uptake of the state’s home solar battery grants scheme.
 
More Solar Power For Google
Google’s renewable energy portfolio continues to grow, with more solar power purchase agreements recently announced in Taiwan and in the USA.
 
Townsville City Council Approval For Bluewater Solar Farm
Things are looking good for FRV’s Bluewater Solar Farm project near Townsville in Queensland, but there are still some hurdles it will need to clear.
 
It’s A Gas : Labor’s $1 Billion National Hydrogen Plan
Federal Labor announced yesterday that under a Labor government, $1.14 billion would be invested under a National Hydrogen Plan to make Australia a global leader in the growing hydrogen industry.
 
New South Wales Electric And Hybrid Vehicle Plan Unveiled
The NSW Government says it will invest millions in fast charging points for electric vehicles, trial electric bus services and buy more electric and hybrid government vehicles.
 
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