ASX-listed property group becomes latest Australian company to join global RE100 initiative, with plan to transition to all-electric buildings powered by 100% renewables before 2030.
Mirvac pledges to go all-electric, all renewable powered by 2030
Solar Insiders Podcast: Rooftop solar: Asset or liability?
Rooftop solar installations continue at record rate, but new technologies - and new thinking - ensure that this turns out to be a major asset to the grid, rather than liability, as is sometimes portrayed.
Bosch Australia taps solar, efficiency as global giant goes “carbon neutral”
Bosch Australia installs 3,000-panel rooftop solar system at Victoria headquarters, as global industrial giant announces plan to be carbon neutral worldwide by 2020.
Huge wind turbine parts complete 630km journey to ground-breaking microgrid
Australia’s first mining sector project to use wind in a large hybrid renewable microgrid is starting to take shape in W.A.'s northern goldfields region.
Pernod Ricard achieves 100 per cent renewables target in Australia
Two major solar projects and a PPA has seen Pernod Ricard Winemakers become Australia’s first major wine company to source all its electricity from renewables.
New rooftop solar “urban power stations” to play both sides of the meter
Epho and Siemens technology aimed at unlocking “tens of gigawatts” of industrial rooftop solar that can be used for local consumption or sold into the market.
Victoria regulator cuts rooftop solar tariff, wants mandatory time-varying FiT
Essential Services Commission wants retailers to offer customers choice of “single rate” feed-in tariff or a FiT that ranges from 9c/kWh and 12.3c/kWh, depending on the time of day.
ISPT rolls out solar to another 12 commercial and retail properties
Property fund manager's $11.6m round 2 of rooftop solar installations expected to generate 5,352,900kWh of electricity a year, save customers and tenants $1.5m a year.
NSW notches up new national record for rooftop solar installations
A record 60MW of rooftop solar capacity installed in NSW in November – a new monthly high for any state in Australia - as 200MW national figure broken again.
Australia’s rooftop solar boom can be good news for networks: study
Rooftop solar has unveiled voltage issues in the grid, but is not necessarily the cause. A new study shows how it can help address these voltage issues.
Noosaville library taps “Sun King” solar panels for curved roof install
Flexible solar panels installed on library on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, in what is claimed to be Australia’s first curved-roof solar installation.
UNSW student-designed solar freezer installed on remote Fiji island
Students from University of New South Wales design and install solar powered deep freezer in a remote fishing village on Viwa Island, off coast of Fiji.
Winners and losers from Victoria’s rooftop solar rebate scheme
Solar Victoria has released an expansive data set explaining the detail of which companies got what in the Labor state government's sometimes controversial rooftop solar rebate scheme. Here's what it tells us.
Solar and battery microgrid achieves 90% renewables for W.A. gas hub
Horizon Power says its newly commissioned solar and battery microgrid in the Pilbara town of Onslow is already helping to deliver up to 90% renewables, and more reliable power.
Most consumers want companies to target 100 per cent renewable energy
Nearly 70% of Australian consumers expect companies to target 100% renewable energy as part of their responsibility to tackle climate change, new survey finds.
W.A. community virtual power plant confirms $50m Swiss investment
Swiss investment firm SUSI Partners confirms $A50m investment into W.A. residential solar-plus-storage project by Starling Energy Group – billed as world's largest VPP.
