Households
AusNet flags hefty connection fees for rooftop solar in Victoria
AusNet says its networks might need to be upgraded as more and more households install rooftop solar. And where it does occur, it wants the new customers to pay for it.
Households
Alpha-ESS to become second battery manufacture to set up shop in Adelaide
0Alpha-ESS becomes second major battery maker to agree to set up a manufacturing plant in Adelaide, in the latest deal under the SA government’s home battery subsidy scheme.
Communities
Newcastle begins work on 5MW solar farm at former coal mine site
0First sod turned at the site of the 5MW Summerhill Solar Farm, on a disused landfill and former colliery, that will supply all of City of Newcastle’s daytime energy needs.
Businesses
UTS to source half its electricity demand from Walgett Solar Farm
0University of Technology Sydney inks deal with Epuron to buy the output of its 32MW Walgett Solar Farm in northern New South Wales.
Households
Solar prosumer funded start-up DC Power pilots “fair dinkum” retail offer
4Residential solar focused power retailer DC Power Co closes “oversubscribed” fundraising round and switches 800 investors to beta service ahead of February 2019 public launch.
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Off-Grid
Power to learn: Puerto Rico schools get the microgrid treatment
0RMI and Save the Children to install renewable microgrids in 12 schools in Puerto Rico, ensuring access to education, bolstering the grid, and serving the larger community.
Off-Grid
Brisbane classroom goes “fair-dinkum” off-grid, using solar and Tesla battery
6NSW company Hivve Technology has installed an entirely off-grid modular classroom at a Brisbane high school, which runs entirely on solar and battery storage, at a cost cheaper than connecting to the grid.
Communities
Plans for solar, battery, hydrogen microgrid in Milawa get $100,000 boost
1Plans to develop a hybrid renewable energy microgrid in regional Victoria have won $100,000 state government grant to develop business case.
Off-Grid
World’s largest micro-grid to be built in Republic of Palau by Engie
4Palau to add 35MW of solar and 45MWh of storage to help transform its diesel dependent grid.
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Solar Insiders Podcast: Fair Dinkum, we’re serious about solar power
1The Solar Insiders team gets Fair Dinkum about solar, because that’s what we do, that’s who we are, that’s what we are about. Do you have a strawberry?
Households
How do clouds affect your solar?
4How much difference do clouds really make for our solar? It’s a question we get asked often, so we’ve run the numbers to shed some light on the topic.
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Is the CEC Approved Retailer program worth the effort?
1There has been a bit of debate, lately, about the merits and purpose of the Clean Energy Council’s Approved Solar Retailer program. So a recap of its goals and objectives might be worthwhile.
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Solar Insiders Podcast: Lassoing solar cowboys in Victoria
1We talk to Solar Victoria and its pre-emptive strike against solar cowboys who moved in to try and fleece consumers in Victoria’s massive solar program.
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Redflow supplies batteries for South African mobile phone towers
Housing Industry Association forecasts further market weakening
CEFC and the Property Council of Australia launch new guide for property sector on distributed energy opportunities
VARTA Storage appoints two wholesalers to market its energy storage products
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