Policy

Victoria Labor government expands Solar Homes subsidy to broaden access to rebates for the installation of solar and electric hot water systems.

There is a lot of deal making going on in the solar industry, and drug runners have found a new use for modules.

One of five network-connected community batteries being installed as part of an Energy Queensland trial is nearing completion.

First stage of new $50m Home Energy Support Program will offer rebates of up to $2,500 to eligible lower income home owners to install rooftop solar.

New rules aimed at weeding out shonky rooftop solar operators and dodgy practices come into effect around Australia in April. Here's what they will mean.

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

Victorian Labor government installs rooftop solar on 50 community facilities with a further 55 systems approved for installation over coming months.

A solar installer faces allegations of fraud and potential criminal sanctions, after allegedly providing false information about rooftop solar installations.

Victorian households applying for the state government's home battery rebate now have the option to get a bigger discount, in return for signing up to a virtual power plant.

Andrews Labor government rolls out grants for community organisations to help reduce energy usage and emissions, with $1.8m available for solar, batteries and efficiency measures.

EDL flips switch on 11.4MW Jabiru Hybrid Renewable Project, which uses up to 100% solar during the day, and battery and diesel at night.

In the absence of government leadership there is plenty we can do as a community and help one another in decarbonising our suburbs and our cities.

Shifting local trends and global industry headwinds could deliver the first contraction in the Australian rooftop solar market since 2015.

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.

New South Wales government extends offer of free rooftop solar to low income households in parts of greater Sydney, boosting the successful $50 million program beyond the state's regions.

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