Australia has notched up a new renewable energy milestone, with the number of households around the country to have installed rooftop solar passing the four million mark. Five months after it was first announced, NSW launches its home battery incentive, offering up to $2,400 discounts on solar storage and rebates to join VPPs. A two-year campaign led by the local community of the 2515 postcode has resulted in world-first pilot project. A community-led effort to electrify 500 homes in New South Wales has won millions in federal government funding, weeks ahead of its official launch in November. Three simple, effective ways to stop your solar electricity going to waste. Clean Energy Regulator issues fresh reminder to follow the rules governing the rooftop solar industry or face exclusion from the federal rebate scheme. China giant unveils new inverter series in Australia and New Zealand, high-voltage hybrid inverter for use in residential applications. A project in Melbourne that provided free energy audits and energy upgrades for private rental homes was stonewalled by real estate agents. New study finds new-build homes more than twice as energy efficient as homes built in 2010, sparking calls for politicians not to water down building standards. Power and gas company Sumo will fork out $10 million for door-to-door sales in the largest ever penalty for breaches of one state's energy laws. A $500 million investment will to provide more than 100,000 social housing properties with solar and other energy efficiency upgrades. In the month Australia celebrated its four-millionth residential rooftop solar installation, the market appears to have celebrated by... well, taking a bit of a breather. Solar Victoria has expelled an unnamed retailer from its Solar Homes program over invoicing irregularities from sales of heat pump hot water systems. Australians broadly support the shift to renewable energy but they don't know where to start when it comes to updating their homes or buying new appliances. Health care workers and medical groups are calling on the federal government to kick start what will be a marathon campaign to electrify Australia’s 700 odd public hospitals. Sungrow says it has supplied the 17MW/19MWh battery energy storage system for Australia’s largest off-grid renewable power system at a lithium mine in remote WA.
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