We look back at the highlights and the lowlights of the solar industry in 2019, and take a vox-pop of industry folk from the recent Sundowners.
Solar Insiders Podcast: The best and worst from 2019
Queensland business caught out “misclassifying” imported solar mounting kits
Queensland wholesale solar business ordered to pay $1.3 million after being caught out “falsely declaring” low-cost Chinese PV mounting kits imported into Australia.
Western Australia’s first big battery delivered to Kalbarri microgrid
A 5MW/2MWh battery dispatched to Western Power's Kalbarri microgrid, to help deliver cheap reliable renewable power to the W.A. resort town.
Western Sydney shopping centre taps solar to slash power bills by 25%
A 1MW rooftop solar array installed at a shopping centre in western Sydney is expected to shave an estimated 25% off its annual electricity bill.
Call for investors as 4.9MW Manilla community solar farm officially launched
Plans for 4.9MW Manilla community solar farm officially launched, with call for investors, and plans to begin construction in the NSW town in June 2020.
Queensland Uni powers up Tesla batteries on way to 100 pct renewables
University of Queensland powers up 2,000kWh Tesla battery as the university looks to participate in wholesale electricity market
RACV makes big push into rooftop PV with purchase of Gippsland Solar
One of Victoria’s biggest PV retailers, Gippsland Solar, acquired by major Australian insurer RACV, in deal that speaks volumes about Australia’s booming rooftop PV market.
‘Crack a solar beer,’ says Lion, as brewer commits to 100% renewables by 2025
XXXX and Little Creatures brewer Lion follows up carbon neutral 2020 target with commitment to use renewable electricity only to power its operations by 2025.
How a small German town took back the power – and went fully renewable
At 100% renewable electricity, the German town of Wolfhagen demonstrates what can be achieved when municipalities use innovative approaches to ownership and governance of key infrastructure.
Sonnen wins R&D award for Adelaide battery plant
German battery giant wins Australian gong for transforming former Adelaide car factory into a battery manufacturing and export hub for Asia Pacific region.
Australia’s first “solar garden” bears fruit for NSW community housing tenants
First "solar garden" in Lismore hailed as breakthrough for community solar projects in Australia and for those "locked out" of solar.
Australia’s “biggest office landlord,” Dexus, joins RE100
Australian Real Estate Investment Trust pledges to source 100% renewables across entire operations by 2030, as 10th Australian company to join RE100.
Australia’s biggest steel city, Wollongong, targets net zero emissions by 2050
The NSW home to Australia's biggest steelworks, Wollongong, has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050, with a view to reducing that timeline to 2030.
Enwave details design of solar and battery powered industrial park in W.A.
Details revealed of 1.2MW solar and 1MW/2MWh battery system that will power the 1000-hectare Peel Business Park in Western Australia's Murray Shire.
NSW government taps solar to power aquatic, agriculture research hubs
850kW of solar across three NSW government research facilities will cut their grid energy use by 19%, and their annual electricity costs by 22%, or $210,000 a year.
Soluna batteries hit Australian market, with plans for local manufacturing
New battery brand hits Australian market, with first commercial shipment of China-made Soluna lithium-ion energy storage products arriving in Victoria.
