The boutique Sydney brewer behind one of Australia’s first “solar beers” has crowd-funded a second, much larger rooftop solar system.
Powershop tumbles, as Enova and Diamond take top spots on green energy retailer rankings
The latest national ranking of Australia’s electricity retailers’ green credentials has sent Powershop tumbling down the order.
Look, no fossil fuels: Remote town transformed by solar and wind microgrid
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.
Rooftop solar installs plunge in January, as 2022 gets off to a slow start
Australia’s rooftop solar market suffers big slump in the first month of 2022.
Why Australia may be headed for its first rooftop solar contraction in years
Shifting local trends and global industry headwinds could deliver the first contraction in the Australian rooftop solar market since 2015.
Microgrid milestone as Ikea Adelaide rooftop solar plant is energised
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.
Melbourne shopping centre lays claim to world’s biggest array of sonnen batteries
A solar powered shopping centre in Melbourne’s inner east is laying claim to the world’s largest array of sonnen batteries.
New milestone, as Australia tops 3GW of new rooftop solar in 2021
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.
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.