The first of the Australian households to take up the offer of “free energy” from German battery storage maker Sonnen, are having their systems installed, leaving them completely free from electricity costs for two years and paving the way for Sonnen to become a player in the national energy market.
Rooftop solar installer caught out for fraudulent STC creation
Clean energy regulator takes action against solar company found to have installed rooftop PV systems without compliant Certificates of Electrical Safety.
Flinders Island makes switch to renewables, with solar, wind and energy storage Hub
Flinders Island’s Hybrid Energy Hub – with 900kW wind, 200kW solar PV plus battery storage and a flywheel – is already taking the previously diesel powered Tasmanian island to levels of 80% renewables, and should manage to supply 100 per cent of demand before the year is out.
Tonga gives solar the royal treatment, in bid to lead shift to 100% renewables
The King of Tonga is putting solar on his Royal Palace, in a move intended to symbolise the “wider leadership” small island states are showing on renewables, and on fighting climate change. But is Australia listening?
"Shame on you:" Frydenberg admits he doesn't have rooftop solar
Malcolm Turnbull has it, Parliament House has it, even Cory Bernardi has it! But not our federal energy and environment minister. A 60 Minutes interview on Sunday revealed that Josh Frydenberg has not installed rooftop solar at his family home – and why.
Qld family goes off grid with solar and 60kWh Redflow ZCell battery bank
A Queensland family has installed Australia’s largest residential Redflow ZCell battery system, alongside 18.7kW of rooftop solar, to take their home off grid.
Queensland has 14 postcodes where 50% of homes have rooftop solar
Rooftop solar is now on more than 50 per cent of homes in 14 different postcodes across Queensland, according to a new Climate Council report.
Victorian school installs 500kW rooftop solar system
United Solar Energy wins tender to install 500kW rooftop PV system at Northern Bay College in Geelong, as more and more Australian schools turn to solar.
Electric vehicle uptake will siphon fuel tax revenue, warns report
Productivity Commission warns Australia’s inevitable shift from petrol fuelled cars to EVs will take a huge chunk out of the federal government budget.
Queensland opens rooftop solar market to low-income and rental households
Queensland’s Labor government has unveiled a suite of new policies that will open the way for thousands more homes in the Sunshine State – including the largely untapped rental market – to gain access to rooftop solar and battery storage and cut their electricity bills.