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Unique off-grid solar project debuts Sunport flexible modules
Joshua S Hill29 Apr 20210 comments

Sunport Power installs Japanese off-grid solar project using the company’s metal wrap through (MWT) technology, which boasts flexibility and greater solar efficiency.

Solar, News
Longi Solar launches Hi-MO module series, pitched at rooftops
Sophie Vorrath27 Apr 20210 comments

Longi formally launches Hi-MO 4m module, with three products delivering up to 460W capacity and with up to 21% efficiency.

Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, News, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Simon Hackett uses big Redflow battery system to create microgrid at Tassie farm
Sophie Vorrath21 Apr 20210 comments

Redflow's largest shareholder puts his investment to work, with 280kWh ZBM flow battery system that with solar will “eliminate” grid electricity costs for his Tassie farm.

Solar, News
Watchdog fines Powershop for discriminating against solar customers
Sophie Vorrath21 Apr 20210 comments

Powershop says it's "gutted" after sub-brand Kogan Energy was found to have offered cheaper electricity tariffs exclusively to non-solar customers in Victoria.

Other Renewables, News, Solar
Dairy giant targets 50% renewables, signs wind contract with Engie in Australia
Sophie Vorrath16 Apr 20210 comments

The Australian arm of one of the world’s top 10 dairy processors will shift to just under 50% renewable electricity for its Australian operations via a PPA with Engie.

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“Unacceptable:” Tesla solar roof customers not happy with price hike
Sophie Vorrath15 Apr 20210 comments

Roof "complexities" cited as Tesla customers report drastic and unexpected price increases on existing Solar Roof orders, in one case by more than 50%.

Solar, News
Unstoppable: Rooftop solar market notches up new all-time high in March
Sophie Vorrath6 Apr 20210 comments

Australia breaks yet another record for rooftop solar installations, with homes and businesses adding 317MW of systems in March – an all-time high for national monthly installs.

Battery/Storage, News, Policy
Energy Queensland to trial five grid-connected batteries in high solar zones
Sophie Vorrath25 Mar 20210 comments

Energy Queensland to trial network-connected batteries in five regional locations that will host a total of 40MWh of storage capacity between them.

Battery/Storage, News
Germany installed 100,000 home batteries in “year of Corona”
Sophie Vorrath24 Mar 20210 comments

German households have now installed a total of 300,000 battery systems, as the proportion of home solar systems installed with storage rose to 70% in 2020.

Battery/Storage, News, Solar, Tariffs
Tesla launches new battery energy plan, including big Powerwall discount
Sophie Vorrath23 Mar 20210 comments

Tesla launches new energy plan in South Australia that promises big discounts on home battery storage and more behind-the-meter back-up for the grid.

Battery/Storage, News, Solar
Australians installed 31,000 batteries in 2020, led by households
Sophie Vorrath19 Mar 20210 comments

New data shows Australians installed more than 31,000 battery energy storage systems around the country in 2020, a 20 per cent jump on numbers in 2019.

Solar, News, Other Renewables
McCain completes first phase of 8.2MW renewables plant in Victoria
Sophie Vorrath16 Mar 20210 comments

McCain Foods Australia cuts ribbon on first 4.5MW of solar in an 8.2MW hybrid renewables plant being built to power its Ballarat processing facility.

Solar, News
Trina Solar unveils 670 watt Vertex module, its highest power panel yet
Sophie Vorrath12 Mar 20210 comments

Global PV giant ups the ante – again – in the solar power stakes, unveiling a 670W panel with an efficiency rating of up to 21.6% targeting the utility-scale market.

Solar, News
Australia’s largest community solar farm switched on in Canberra
Sophie Vorrath11 Mar 20210 comments

One of Australia’s first and largest community-owned solar farms, a 1MW project financed by more than 400 Canberra locals, has been completed and energised.

Software/Gadgets, News, Solar
Researchers put case for blockchain-based market of “energy neighbours”
Sophie Vorrath10 Mar 20210 comments

A blockchain-enabled electricity market that rewards trading with local and trusted “energy neighbours” has been proposed by a team of Australian researchers.

News, Battery/Storage, Off-Grid
Texas grid failure shows how microgrids offer hope for a better future
Michael D. Mehta10 Mar 20210 comments

Microgrids and supporting technologies offer the potential to make grid failures like what happened in Texas a thing of the past.

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