First home buyers suckered into bubble market
Australia’s 5% deposit scheme has triggered a surge in first‑home buyer activity, but mortgage brokers warn the same policy is now likely to hurt those buyers the most if interest rates rise on Tuesday. Loan Market data shows a 49% jump in first‑home buyer mortgage applications in October (when the scheme began). Activity slowed in November but
The world’s largest compressed air energy storage facility has reached full operation in underground salt caverns in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu.
Australia is keen to build key components of the solar supply chain, and a new study says a plan to make solar wafers could be competitive. 
Tesla has unveiled its newest energy product during and the buzzy new item is, in fact, a rooftop solar panel, launched at a tumultuous moment for the EV maker.
Plans to develop a hybrid solar and battery facility with up to eight hours of storage duration and 10 electric vehicle charging bays given federal green light.
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