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Regulator taps new power to disqualify dodgy solar installer from SRES

May 30, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Clean Energy Regulator issues first ever notice of intention to declare a solar installer ineligible to participate in the national rooftop PV incentive scheme.

Filed Under: Solar, Policy

AGL launches fund to install solar for hardship customers, help electrify homes

May 29, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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warranty Q Cells rooftop solar house sydney - optimised

AGL Energy bolsters efforts to improve energy affordability and protect those hardest hit by rising power prices, including through a rooftop solar fund.

Filed Under: Solar, Electrification, News, Tariffs

Ikea launches “largest” urban commercial solar and battery microgrid

May 25, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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The IKEA eleXsys Microgrid’s3MW/3.45MWh battery which can store and trade surplus clean energy into the South Australian network during hours of peak demand. Image supplied
ikea microgrid adelaide solar

More than 3,000 solar panels and a 3MW/3.45MWh battery make up this urban, commercial microgrid launched this week from an Ikea rooftop. 

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets, Solar

Home battery rush looms as rebates about to be replaced by zero interest loans

May 24, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Image: Solar Edge

Solar Homes battery rebate will close to applications in just over one month’s time, as the scheme switches to a zero interest loan offering instead.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Electrification, Featured, Policy, Solar

Indigenous communities to ditch diesel, as Labor upholds microgrid funding

May 22, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Renewable microgrid funding, originally set aside in the 2021-22 federal budget, will slash the use of costly and polluting diesel in remote Indigenous communities.

Filed Under: Off-Grid, Battery/Storage, Policy, Software/Gadgets, Solar

Is your rooftop solar performing as well as it should? Data says… probably not

May 18, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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Image: Western Power
rooftop solar Western Australia

Some 75% of residential rooftop solar systems are not passing on the full extent of electricity bill savings they are capable of delivering. Why – and what can be done?

Filed Under: Solar, Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Electrification, Featured, News

Three strikes and out: Network warning to rooftop solar installers over inverters

May 11, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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AAP Image/David Mariuz
rooftop solar south australia

Rooftop solar installers warned they will be sidelined if they fail to comply with strict new inverter installation standards.

Filed Under: Solar, Featured, News, Policy

“Australia’s first electrification budget:” How the promised billions might be used

May 10, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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A deep dive into how the 2023-24 federal budget will help homes and businesses drive down their energy costs and cut their reliance on fossil fuels.

Filed Under: Energy Efficiency, Featured, Software/Gadgets, Solar

Sungrow inverters cleared for compliance with flexible solar export rules

May 4, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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AAP Image/David Mariuz
rooftop solar south australia

China inverter giant gains tick of compliance with South Australia’s new technical requirements for flexible solar exports, as July deadline looms.

Filed Under: Solar, News, Policy, Software/Gadgets

Most inverters for rooftop solar and storage wrongly installed, audit finds

May 1, 2023 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Image: RACQ

Audit finds less than 30% of newly installed inverters for solar, batteries and EV chargers are configured to meet new standards crucial to grid integration.

Filed Under: Solar, Battery/Storage, Energy Efficiency, Featured, News, Policy, Software/Gadgets

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