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Victoria opens solar, battery, energy efficiency grants to community groups
Joshua S Hill17 Feb 20220 comments

Andrews Labor government rolls out grants for community organisations to help reduce energy usage and emissions, with $1.8m available for solar, batteries and efficiency measures.

Tariffs, Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Featured, Solar
How one solar battery system earned one household $100 in one day
Sophie Vorrath17 Feb 20220 comments

Amber Electric is opening up its SmartShift demand response platform to customers across Australia after a successful South Australia trial – including a big windfall for one battery owner.

Solar, Battery/Storage, Off-Grid
Microgrid becomes steppingstone for town aiming for 100% renewables
Elisa Wood17 Feb 20220 comments

One of the smallest towns in Puerto Rico, accustomed to daily power outages, competed against 12 municipalities for a solar plus storage microgrid – and won.

5B's re-deployable solar technology will help the Nova mine in WA run continuously on solar power. (Photo credit: 5B).
Podcasts, Policy, Solar
Solar Insiders Podcast: Solar switch off now in force in W.A.
Giles Parkinson and Nigel Morris16 Feb 20220 comments

The solar switch off mechanism is now in force in W.A, and the coal lobby is fighting back at the idea that the end is nigh.

Solar, Battery/Storage
Infinite Energy quits solar coaster, with closure of rooftop PV and battery business
Sophie Vorrath16 Feb 20220 comments

Leading Australian solar installer and electricity retailer Infinite Energy is bowing out of the rooftop PV and battery business, citing changing sector dynamics and Covid.

Solar, Battery/Storage, Off-Grid, Policy
Territory town runs on 100% solar during day with new hybrid microgrid
Sophie Vorrath15 Feb 20220 comments

EDL flips switch on 11.4MW Jabiru Hybrid Renewable Project, which uses up to 100% solar during the day, and battery and diesel at night.

Energy Efficiency, News, Other Renewables, Policy
Morrison was wrong: Inner-city wine bars can play a key role in decarbonisation
Vikki McLeod10 Feb 20220 comments

In the absence of government leadership there is plenty we can do as a community and help one another in decarbonising our suburbs and our cities.

Solar, News
Solar beer pioneer adds second crowd-funded rooftop PV system
Sophie Vorrath10 Feb 20220 comments

The boutique Sydney brewer behind one of Australia's first "solar beers" has crowd-funded a second, much larger rooftop solar system.

Podcasts, Solar
Great Solar Business Podcast: Solar industry forecasts for 2022
Nigel Morris8 Feb 20220 comments

What’s ahead for the solar industry, with Warwick Johnson from Sunwiz.

News, Energy Efficiency, Other Renewables, Tariffs
Powershop tumbles, as Enova and Diamond take top spots on green energy retailer rankings
Sophie Vorrath8 Feb 20220 comments

The latest national ranking of Australia’s electricity retailers' green credentials has sent Powershop tumbling down the order.

Battery/Storage, Featured, News, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Look, no fossil fuels: Remote town transformed by solar and wind microgrid
Sophie Vorrath7 Feb 20220 comments

Switch turned on for one of Australia’s largest and most sophisticated microgrids, a 5MW mix of solar, wind and battery storage with no fossil fuel backup.

Off-Grid, Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets, Solar
We created the first AI-powered solar backup system for houses in sub-Saharan Africa
The Conversation7 Feb 20220 comments

Researchers develop intelligent solar backup system powered by artificial intelligence to support sub-Saharan Africa’s utility grids.

Solar, News
Rooftop solar installs plunge in January, as 2022 gets off to a slow start
Sophie Vorrath4 Feb 20220 comments

Australia’s rooftop solar market suffers big slump in the first month of 2022.

warranty Q Cells rooftop solar house sydney - optimised
Solar, Battery/Storage, Featured, Policy, Tariffs
Why Australia may be headed for its first rooftop solar contraction in years
Sophie Vorrath3 Feb 20220 comments

Shifting local trends and global industry headwinds could deliver the first contraction in the Australian rooftop solar market since 2015.

Solar, Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets
Microgrid milestone as Ikea Adelaide rooftop solar plant is energised
Sophie Vorrath3 Feb 20220 comments

Ground-breaking solar and battery microgrid project at Ikea's Adelaide store reaches major milestone, after the rooftop PV component is energised. Battery and controls to come in April.

Podcasts, Solar
Solar Insiders Podcast: Will 2022 be as strong as 2021?
Giles Parkinson and Nigel Morris3 Feb 20220 comments

The new year gets off to a slow start, as industry gears up for tighter standards.

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