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title: "This Week in Solar: Using Human Waste to Produce Renewable Energy, Australia as a Clean Energy Superpower, ERM Power Renewable Deals"
description: "South Australian pilot program uses human waste biogas to deliver renewable energy. Labor pledges solar panels for schools in $1 billion program. Next federal government could turn Australia into clean energy superpower: Clean Energy Council."
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# [This Week in Solar: Using Human Waste to Produce Renewable Energy, Australia as a Clean Energy Superpower, ERM Power Renewable Deals](https://www.solartrustcentre.com/blog/this-week-in-solar-using-human-waste-to-produce-renewable-energy-australia-as-a-clean-energy-superpower-erm-power-renewable-deals)

 Written by [Solar Trust Centre Team](https://www.solartrustcentre.com/blog/author/solar-trust-centre-team) | May 3, 2019 11:23:25 AM

1. [South Australian pilot program uses human waste biogas to deliver renewable energy](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-01/pilot-uses-human-waste-biogas-to-deliver-energy/11062408)

A pilot program in South Australia will use biogas from human waste to store and deliver cheap, renewable energy.

1. [Labor pledges solar panels for schools in $1 billion program](https://www.theage.com.au/federal-election-2019/labor-pledges-solar-panels-for-schools-in-1-billion-program-20190429-p51ic2.html)

Labor will pledge up to $1 billion to install solar panels at thousands of schools in a scheme to create “virtual power plants” that put energy back into the grid.

1. [Next federal government could turn Australia into clean energy superpower: Clean Energy Council](https://www.energymatters.com.au/renewable-news/australia-clean-energy-superpower-cec/)

The CEC sent an open letter to politicians ahead of the May 18 federal election urging them to turn the nation into a global clean energy superpower.

1. [Shared solar and communal battery to power 100% renewable W.A. housing estate](https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/shared-solar-and-communal-battery-to-power-100-renewable-w-a-housing-estate/)

A 100 per cent renewable residential development has been unveiled in Western Australia, featuring blockchain-ready solar homes, a microgrid supply network for water and power and – in what is being claimed as an Australian first – a shared on-site 670kWh battery.

1. [Australia can be powered 100% by renewables by early 2030s, says Garnaut](https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-can-be-powered-100-by-renewables-by-early-2030s-says-garnaut-16846/)

Leading economist and climate change policy expert Professor Ross Garnaut says that Australia could be powered 100 per cent by “intermittent” renewables by the early 2030s, and have a grid that is both reliable and secure and cheaper than it is now.

1. [ERM Power opens up renewables deals for small customers](https://www.afr.com/business/energy/solar-energy/erm-power-opens-up-renewables-deals-for-small-customers-20190425-p51hav)

Business electricity retailer ERM Power will on Tuesday invite wind and solar farm developers to offer short-term electricity supply from their projects to support its launch of a new product to smaller customers that are seeking to tap into the boom in low-cost, clean renewable energy.

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