Matthew van der Linden on Flow Power's big move into residential retail. Plus the latest on the rooftop PV market, SunDrive's innovation progress, and other news.

A $500 million investment will to provide more than 100,000 social housing properties with solar and other energy efficiency upgrades.

In the month Australia celebrated its four-millionth residential rooftop solar installation, the market appears to have celebrated by... well, taking a bit of a breather.

Solar Victoria has expelled an unnamed retailer from its Solar Homes program over invoicing irregularities from sales of heat pump hot water systems.

Australians broadly support the shift to renewable energy but they don't know where to start when it comes to updating their homes or buying new appliances.

Health care workers and medical groups are calling on the federal government to kick start what will be a marathon campaign to electrify Australia’s 700 odd public hospitals.

Sungrow says it has supplied the 17MW/19MWh battery energy storage system for Australia’s largest off-grid renewable power system at a lithium mine in remote WA.

Flow Power says it has switched on its largest behind-the-meter project, a 2.8MW solar farm which is now providing power to a major canola oil producer in Victoria.

Two major Australian distribution agreements aim to supply 1.7GWh of energy storage systems to Australian businesses over the next three years.

One Australian region has delivered on a promise to double the home battery bonus, and to offer a significant lift in feed in tariffs during demand peaks.

Surprising new research shows rooftop solar might be providing energy certainty for those with job uncertainty.

UNSW's Baran Yildiz on how Australia's millions of rooftop solar systems and other consumer energy assets are being integrated into the grid. Plus, a Tesla Powerwall to go with your Bunnings sausage? And other news of the week.

Flow Power is branching into the residential market with a "technology integrated" electricity plan – and a mission to "massively step up" how consumers engage with energy.

New data shows unemployed people are also turning to rooftop solar to have certainty about electricity bills. PV is not just for rich people, says Kaveh Khalilpou from UTS.

More households expected to investigate solar batteries as a way to save on the cost of power rather than the cost to the environment, major bank says.

Switching water heaters to charge during the day can soak up solar and make sure electricity supply and demand match. A new, real-world trial has put this technique to the test.