Australian homes and businesses installed a record amount of rooftop solar in 2021, just edging past 3GW of new capacity added, despite another round of Covid chaos.
New milestone, as Australia tops 3GW of new rooftop solar in 2021
Rooftop solar crackdown for Christmas as new rules are written into law
Solar retailers and installers will have to comply with new rules around the sale and installation of rooftop panels as early as April, after “integrity review” reforms were written into law.
Solar sewage treatment: Melbourne Water installs massive PV array
Melbourne Water is nearing the completion of a nearly 20MW solar plant, one of the biggest single commercial PV arrays to be installed in Australia, to date.
NSW expands free rooftop solar offer to low income households in Greater Sydney
New South Wales government extends offer of free rooftop solar to low income households in parts of greater Sydney, boosting the successful $50 million program beyond the state’s regions.
Cannon-Brookes backed SunDrive produces first panel with record-busting solar cell
The Australian start up that in September achieved a new benchmark for solar cell efficiency has this week notched up another major new milestone, with the production of its first ever full-size solar panel.
Reprieve for rooftop solar industry as new inverter standard delayed six months
Australia’s rooftop solar industry avoids potential “disaster” with a six-month delay to complex new rules around PV inverters with integrated DC isolators.
Net-zero carbon Maccas powered by on-site solar – and wind
McDonald’s UK opens new restaurant powered by on-site wind turbines and solar panels – a blueprint for all of its new-build restaurants to be net zero carbon by 2030.
Community batteries pave way for hundreds more rooftop solar systems in Broome
Horizon Power says two community-scale batteries installed at coastal resort town of Broome will free up more than 1,400kW of new rooftop PV hosting capacity to residents and businesses.
Crisis averted? Hints of a resolution to “disastrous” rooftop solar rule change
Hints emerge of a “pragmatic solution” to the rushed introduction of controversial new safety and certification requirements for DC isolator-integrated solar inverters.
Irrigator taps ground-breaking battery solution to take some power back
First-of-its kind project will use industrial-scale batteries and smart controls to help make a major energy user a player in the South Australian electricity market.
