NSW Government offers free rooftop solar to pensioners and veterans under a trial for 3,000 low income households.
NSW to trial free rooftop solar systems for low income households
Melbourne shared solar start-up scales up with manufacturing deal
Allume Energy inks deal to manufacture scores of its behind-the-meter solar sharing units, that promise to unlock the benefits of cheap PV for apartment dwellers.
Sonnen snares “Australian Made” status as tough new battery rules hit
German battery giant achieves major Australian manufacturing milestone, just in time for the introduction of harsh new home battery installation rules.
Victorian dairy quits grid, turns to solar power and vanadium flow battery
Victorian dairy farm looks to cover all its electricity needs with "affordable and reliable" renewable energy, via 450kW solar and 80kW/320kWh vanadium redox flow battery.
What does Australia’s new battery installation standard mean for you?
Australia now has a standard for residential battery storage installations. We look at what it means for customers, and installers.
Victoria delivers another 4,000 rooftop solar rebates as battery offer languishes
Another 4,000 rooftop solar rebates allocated in Victoria's mid-October offer, as demand and supply start to even out under the boosted scheme.
Solar Insiders Podcast: Battery blues as new standards approved
Installers and customers are trying to make sense of what the new battery standards mean for their business, or their purchase
Work begins on huge Adelaide rooftop solar array
Work begins on the solar array that will cover the 5-hectare roof of Adelaide's Tonsley Innovation District, and have a total installed capacity of 2.3MW.
Shoalhaven slashes council power bill with solar roof at Entertainment Centre
NSW Shoalhaven City Council slashes annual electricity bill by $12,500 with 81kW rooftop solar system on city’s Entertainment Centre in Nowra.
REC Group to launch Alpha Series 380W solar panels in Australia
New, high-yield 60-cell solar panel by Norwegian outfit REC Group to be launched at next week’s All-Energy event in Melbourne.
Africa gold mine to install huge solar and battery system, slash fuel costs
Canadian gold-mining company B2Gold to install one of world’s largest off-grid solar battery hybrid systems at the Fekola gold mine in Mali.
Massive Hemsworth mansion near Byron Bay adds huge rooftop solar array
"Mega-mansion” built on outskirts of Byron Bay by Hollywood power couple in news again, this time for adding an appropriately massive rooftop solar system.
Federal government launches $50m microgrid funding round
A $50 million fund to support the development of off-grid and fringe-of-grid stand-alone power systems around Australia has been launched by the Morrison government.
Is this the end of battery storage? Industry braces for “massive brake” from new standards
Strict new standards predicted to make household battery storage "really hard, really complicated, and really expensive,” and will likely put a massive brake on demand.
Hanwha Q Cells launches integrated solar, battery, inverter package
Korea's Hanwha Q Cells launches integrated solar panel, hybrid inverter and li-ion battery package – Q.Home – on the Australian market.
Lord Howe Island to get solar and storage microgrid, but no wind turbines
A microgrid comprising 1.2MW solar, 3.2MWh battery storage will go ahead soon on Lord Howe Island, two years after a controversial wind turbine ban brought the project to a halt.
