Policy

Morrison was wrong: Inner-city wine bars can play a key role in decarbonisation

In the absence of government leadership there is plenty we can do as a community and help one another in…

February 10, 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.

February 3, 2022

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…

December 23, 2021

NSW expands free rooftop solar offer to low income households in Greater Sydney

New South Wales government extends offer of free rooftop solar to low income households in parts of greater Sydney, boosting…

December 17, 2021

Reprieve for rooftop solar industry as new inverter standard delayed six months

Australia's rooftop solar industry avoids potential "disaster" with a six-month delay to complex new rules around PV inverters with integrated…

December 15, 2021

Community batteries pave way for hundreds more rooftop solar systems in Broome

Horizon Power says two community-scale batteries installed at coastal resort town of Broome will free up more than 1,400kW of…

December 14, 2021

Solar powered justice: NSW courts switch to PV in $1.8m rooftop roll-out

Around two-dozen NSW courthouses to become host to rooftop solar, with some to host battery storage and EV charging infrastructure.

December 13, 2021

Crisis averted? Hints of a resolution to “disastrous” rooftop solar rule change

Hints emerge of a “pragmatic solution” to the rushed introduction of controversial new safety and certification requirements for DC isolator-integrated…

December 13, 2021

Fimer issues “call to action” as DC isolator rule threatens solar inverter chaos

Global solar inverter maker says changes to Australian standards around DC isolators, to be adopted in Queensland, will “cost jobs…

December 9, 2021

Victoria regulator flags another big cut to solar tariffs, sees no real value in exports

Victoria regulator says state's minimum solar feed-in tariff will next July will fall to nearly half the minimum rate of…

December 3, 2021