Plans unveiled for a six-month inspection blitz of the rooftop solar installation industry in New South Wales.
Solar installers warned to expect site visits in new rooftop crackdown
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More solar installers caught out breaking rooftop compliance rules
Seven electricians disqualified from installing rooftop solar panels in NSW after being caught out making false rebate submissions.
Heat pumps can cut your energy costs by up to 90%. It’s not magic, just physics
Typically, a heat pump costs around half as much for heating as gas. If powered by solar, it can be up to 90% cheaper than gas.
7-star housing is a step towards zero carbon – but there’s much more to do
Energy efficiency upgrades represent a step in the right direction, but much more remains to be done to future-proof Australian homes.
Solar rebates and zero interest loans open up to new-build homes
Victoria's Solar Homes scheme opens up to new-build homes, in a bid to get panels onto household rooftops as early and as cheaply as possible.
What will motivate landlords to fix cold and costly homes for renters?
Landlords do not benefit directly from improving the comfort or energy efficiency of their rental properties. So what would make them retrofit?
Nearly all solar households want to add a battery, but costs still a concern
New survey finds a massive 84% of solar homes without a battery are looking to add one to the mix in the near future, as high grid prices start to bite.
Call to raise bar on energy efficiency for new-build homes, put an end to “glorified tents”
More than 100 organisations and individuals join push to increase minimum energy efficiency requirements for new homes – a small level-up with big pay-offs.
“Milestone” as first home quits gas in town’s shift to electrification
Horizon Power’s plan to shift an entire town off the reticulated gas network made its start this week, with the first household transitioned to all-electric.
Regulator updates rooftop solar rules to allow for multiple installers
Clean Energy Regulator announces small but important change to rules governing the installation of rooftop solar under the federal SRES rebate scheme.
Rooftop solar installer cops fine, loses accreditation, over rebate fraud
Canberra-based solar installer fined and stripped of accreditation after being convicted of providing false or misleading documents to get solar rebate.
Recycling centre tests solar system made of second-hand panels in landmark pilot
A waste and recycling centre in regional New South Wales has become the testing ground for a groundbreaking solar project – the installation of an 8kW PV system using second-hand panels.
Market chaos drives home battery boom, but supply and inequity could be a problem
Australia is finally having the home battery boom it has been anticipating for years, courtesy of an electricity market in crisis. But can supply keep up? And who gets left behind?
Rooftop solar tariff jumps nearly 40 pct in Tasmania as power crisis continues
Tasmanian Economic Regulator sets state's rooftop solar feed-in tariff for 2022-2023 to a minimum rate of 8.8c/kWh, up from 6.5c/kWh in 2021-22.
NSW regulator nearly doubles rooftop solar tariff as coal and gas prices soar
NSW pricing regulator almost doubles rooftop solar feed-in tariff benchmark for the state as coal and gas prices and outages reverse the renewable price trend.
NSW extends “free” rooftop solar offer to one million low-income households
NSW expands solar rebate scheme for low income households, as well as efficiency upgrades, taking opposite tack to SA Labor government.
