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Record year for home battery installs in Victoria, as national market slows

March 24, 2022 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

A record amount of home battery installations in Victoria in 2021 was not enough to deliver another year of growth for the Australian market.

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

SolarEdge launches new smart home battery storage system in Australia

March 24, 2022 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Image: Solar Edge

SolarEdge opens sales in Australia for its DC-coupled lithium-ion 9.7kWh Home Battery, alongside a new Energy Hub “high back-up power” inverter.

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

RACV pushes deeper into “cleaner energy” with launch of retail electricity offer

March 23, 2022 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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Insurance company extends reach into energy sector in its home state with the launch of a retail electricity offer, in partnership with Energy Locals.

Filed Under: Tariffs, News, Solar

What happens when a solar farm is flooded? Sunshine Coast project lives to tell the tale

March 18, 2022 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Solar panels in the US after Hurricane Matthew in 2016. Source: NEXTracker

Sunshine Coast Council’s 15MW Valdora solar farm was “substantially” inundated during the recent catastrophic floods. Here’s how it played out.

Filed Under: Solar, News

Canadian Solar begins production of new 420W rooftop module

March 17, 2022 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Canadian Solar kicks off mass production of new solar module targeting residential, commercial and industrial markets.

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Trina Solar chooses Australia for launch of “double-glass” rooftop module

March 10, 2022 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

China solar giant Trina has tapped Australia as the first country for the global launch of its latest rooftop PV panel.

Filed Under: Solar, News

Solar, battery and hydrogen microgrid to power Daintree Rainforest

March 8, 2022 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Plans to power Queensland’s World Heritage-listed Daintree region with a solar to hydrogen gas-based microgrid to go ahead, after federal government awards $18.75m contract.

Filed Under: Off-Grid, Battery/Storage, Solar

Rooftop solar market bounces back, but are there clouds on the horizon?

March 3, 2022 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

After a slow January, rooftop solar installations rebounded in February. But will the growth continue?

Filed Under: Solar

Rooftop solar systems and floods: How to stay safe and minimise risk

March 3, 2022 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

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Catastrophic flooding in Queensland and NSW means it’s time to talk about safety around rooftop solar systems – here’s what you should and shouldn’t do.

Filed Under: Solar, News

Victoria slashes rooftop solar feed-in tariff by another 22 per cent

March 1, 2022 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Victoria’s energy regulator has made another cut to the state’s solar feed-in tariff, to come into effect in July.

Filed Under: Solar, News, Tariffs

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