Households
Details revealed for next phase of Victorian Solar Homes scheme, including 1000 battery storage rebates in limited parts of the state, and 3,333 new rooftop PV rebates each month.
Households
Networks want to charge solar households for the electricity they export. Consumer groups say this is just a money grab, and their are smarter and fairer ways to change tariff structures.
Businesses
Widespread relief after rushed Queensland government solar rule change, that had thrown the commercial rooftop industry into chaos, ruled invalid by the Supreme Court. Government has promised to appeal the decision.
Households
Battery storage and an electric vehicle can halve the payback period for a home solar system, and fast-charge the transition to renewables, a new report has found.
Households
Less “solar-coaster,” more consumer protection, assures new CEO for Solar Victoria – the body tasked with overseeing state government’s rooftop solar and battery storage subsidy schemes.
Businesses
Two charts from solar analysts SunWiz show Australia’s infamous “solar coaster” in full effect in Victoria, as residential installs languish waiting for the state’s Solar Homes rebate to resume.
FAQs
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Communities
A 100% renewable residential development in W.A. will feature 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.
Businesses
Thirteen Victorian water utilities have banded together to forge a major renewable energy off-take deal that will supply between 20 and 50 per cent of each corporation’s total electricity needs, and lower water bills for consumers. The utilities, under an umbrella organisation called Zero Emissions Water Ltd (ZEW), have signed a deal with the 200MW […]
Households
Australia’s top 10 solar postcodes revealed. But it’s not all sun and savings – UNSW report shows millions of apartment dwellers still locked out of rooftop solar, and up to 4GW of shared rooftop potential untapped.
Presbyterian Ladies’ College signs wind and solar off-take deal with Flow Power, as part of commitment to source 100% renewable electricity by 2020.
Victorian college installs solar powered electric vehicle charger with view to go off grid and power staff and parents’ cars.
Poultry farm in Western Australia set to save more that $1.5m on energy costs, after installing solar through an innovative renewable agribusiness venture.
The partnership between LG Chem and Envirostream will see up to 95% of battery materials recycled and re-deployed for future battery manufacturing.
