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Battery/Storage
Energizer names Australian price, distributor for home battery offering
Sophie Vorrath8 Oct 20200 comments

Price and local distributor named as Energizer prepares to launch its 6.1kWh Homepower battery in Australia and globally.

Podcasts, Solar
Solar Insiders Podcast: Rooftop PV still booming, and Australia’s biggest solar garden
Giles Parkinson and Nigel Morris8 Oct 20200 comments

Small scale rooftop solar PV installations are heading towards 3GW in 2020, despite Covid-19, and we talk to April Crawford-Smith about Australia’s biggest solar garden.

Solar, Policy, Software/Gadgets
How “flexible exports” may convince more big energy users to install rooftop solar
Sophie Vorrath8 Oct 20200 comments

An Energy Queensland network trial focusing on accommodating more, and smarter commercial solar has quietly shown the way on how it may work for consumers.

Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Ground-breaking solar microgrid completed at Granny Smith gold mine
Sophie Vorrath7 Oct 20200 comments

Ground-breaking solar, battery and gas microgrid built to power remote W.A. gold mine is complete and cutting fossil fuel consumption by up to 13%.

Other Renewables, Solar
Tweed Shire taps wind and solar PPA for more than half its power needs
Sophie Vorrath6 Oct 20200 comments

Tweed Shire Council inks 10-year Power Purchase Agreement with Flow Power to source renewable energy from Sapphire Wind Farm and Bomen Solar Farm. 

News
Tesla raises Powerwall 2 home battery price in US – will Australia follow?
Sophie Vorrath2 Oct 20200 comments

Tesla has reportedly raised the price of its Powerwall 2 home battery units by $US500, due to heavy demand through a scorching US summer. Will Australia be next?

Solar
Victoria charts “dramatic plunge” in rooftop solar installs as Covid takes toll
Sophie Vorrath1 Oct 20200 comments

SunWiz data shows Victoria rooftop PV installs plunged over eight weeks of stage four Covid-19 restrictions, but all up Australia remains 40% ahead of same time last year.

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Vertical solar array delivers cheaper power for Melbourne apartment building
Sophie Vorrath1 Oct 20200 comments

An 87-panel rooftop solar system has been installed vertically at a Melbourne apartment building, to get around dual problems of unsuitable roof space and high power bills.

Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar
Victorian town’s bid to go 100% solar wins grant to “supersize” battery
Sophie Vorrath1 Oct 20200 comments

Yackandandah moves "vital" step closer to sourcing 100% renewable energy by 2022, after winning state government grant to “supersize” its community battery.

Solar
CSIRO goes 100 per cent solar, telescopes and all
Giles Parkinson30 Sep 20200 comments

CSIRO signs long-term deal with Zen Energy to power some of its most iconic sites, including its telescopes, from two large-scale solar farms.

Other Renewables, Solar
Community renewables hub launches in north-west New South Wales
Sophie Vorrath28 Sep 20200 comments

Not-for-profit renewable energy hub opens in north-west New South Wales town of Narrabri, to help break down barriers to development of community-owned solar and wind power projects.

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Podcasts, Solar
Solar Insiders Podcast: Battery Day, and South Australia’s solar plunge
Giles Parkinson and Nigel Morris24 Sep 20200 comments

Battery Day delivered big news about battery storage as expected, which will be important for grids like South Australia, which enters a bold new world at the end of the month.

Solar, Battery/Storage, Policy, Software/Gadgets
Say hello to a smarter South Australian grid, ready or not!
Nigel Morris24 Sep 20200 comments

Solar Analytics has released a new solar energy management solution, in line with its role as a Relevant Agent under South Australia's new PV regulations.

Solar, Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets
SolarEdge launches new three-phase hybrid solar inverter
Sophie Vorrath24 Sep 20200 comments

SolarEdge says new residential three-phase hybrid inverter range will offer "unprecedented design flexibility" and better returns for rooftop solar systems.

Solar, News
Solar powered bushfire recovery initiative launched in Victoria
Sophie Vorrath23 Sep 20200 comments

East Gippsland primary school destroyed in summer bushfires to be first recipient of a newly launched recovery initiative centred around renewable energy and led by REC Solar.

Policy, Energy Efficiency
ACT Greens pledge to build first zero-emissions, all-electric business district
Michael Mazengarb23 Sep 20200 comments

The ACT Greens pledge to make Canberra's newest town centre, the Molonglo Commercial Centre, all-electric and zero-emissions.

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