Chinese solar manufacturing giant sets its 27th world record for solar cell conversion efficiency or output power for its n-type bifacial i-TOPCon cell.
Trina Solar hits new high on solar cell efficiency – its 27th world record
Ban back in place for rooftop solar certificate trading platform
A suspension order preventing online trading platform Greenbot from generating certificates through the federal rooftop solar rebate has been reinstated.
The world-first, community-driven electrification blueprint for Australia’s energy future
A two-year campaign led by the local community of the 2515 postcode has resulted in world-first pilot project.
SwitchedOn Podcast: World-first community pilot to help spark the electrification of everything
A groundbreaking community pilot hopes to identify the opportunities and challenges as household electrification is scaled up across the whole country.
Solar Insiders Podcast: Look ma, no gas!
Clint Hare on Australia's most sustainable housing development, which has been building all-electric, super energy efficient homes on Victoria's Bass Coast for the past decade – with huge success.
Longi serves up powerful new rooftop solar module, heralds “arrival of BC era”
Unveiled at the Rolex Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in China, Longi has unveiled a new "BC era" module designed for the rooftop PV sector.
How my solar battery is battling coal on the open market – and the score so far
Since adding a home battery, I have been jousting with giants in the Great Game of Electricity Demand and Supply. Here is the score so far.
Homes that ditch gas for electric heating can recoup extra costs in as little as 10 weeks
Report finds switching to electric reverse cycle split system heating is either cheaper than reinstalling gas or pays back the difference in bill savings in as little as 10 weeks.
Redback unveils new home battery range, months after scrape with administration
Australian home battery and smart inverter outfit announces launch of "next generation" product range, six months after a brief stint in voluntary administration.
“Truly a world first:” Grass roots suburban electrification pilot wins federal funding
A community-led effort to electrify 500 homes in New South Wales has won millions in federal government funding, weeks ahead of its official launch in November.
Electrification savings kick in for thousands of social housing tenants
More than 1,000 households access benefits of state energy upgrade scheme, including through new heat pump hot water systems and split system air conditioners.
Electrification subsidy extended to 2045 to help shift consumers in most gas dependent state
Victoria will seek to lock in its energy upgrades subisdy for another 15 years, to drive investment in bill-busting energy efficiency and electrification.
Consumers need simpler energy bills, not more complicated tariffs
ECA opposes making time-of-use tariffs mandatory and wants a minimum three-year transition period for households to move to cost-reflective pricing.
AGL offers cheap finance to get batteries into homes – and homes into its VPP
AGL Energy dangles a new carrot to entice customers to join its virtual power plant, which it hopes will reach 1.6GW of combined capacity by 2027.
Solar Insiders Podcast: Can rooftop PV be a lifetime asset?
Patrick Matweew from Enphase Energy on his journey from a coal town in Germany to a solar career in Queensland – and the big difference quality microinverters can make. Plus the week in solar news.
War Memorial digs deep to slash energy costs using geothermal heat exchange
Australia's largest geothermal heat exchange system switches on at a war memorial in the nation's capital in a move expected to save millions in energy costs.
