Getting your strata committee to agree to solar panels is tricky, but it can be done.
Posted in SolarTagged apartments, distributed energy, off-grid, renewables, smart meters, solar boom, solar PV, Sydney
Get in on the ground floor: how apartments can join the solar boom
Tagged apartments, distributed energy, off-grid, renewables, smart meters, solar boom, solar PV, Sydney
AGL to pilot “virtual” rooftop solar scheme for renters, apartments
AGL energy CEO says upcoming new pilot will offer access to a "rooftop solar discount" to households unable to install their own. And announces lift in solar tariffs.
Posted in SolarTagged AGL Energy, rooftop solar
Queensland rejects battery swap, but restricts use of storage with premium tariffs
Queensland decides against proposed voluntary "buy out" of premium solar feed in tariffs in exchange for battery storage, but announces new rules to stop premium tariffs being rorted by batteries.
Posted in SolarRooftop solar’s new boom – when installing PV becomes a no-brainer
Falling technology costs and yet another hike in electricity prices are combining to make rooftop solar an economic no-brainer for most Australian households and businesses. Just ask Cory Bernardi.
Posted in SolarTagged distributed solar, electricity prices, rooftop solar, solar PV
On demand car operator Lyft aims for 100% renewable energy & self-driving Bolts
Lyft, the on-demand taxi service that competes head to head with Uber, aims for a 100% powered renewable energy powered Chevy Bolt.
Posted in SolarTagged Chevy Bolt, ev, Lyft, renewable energy
Solar and battery storage on Horizon: WA utility launches two major trials
Two trials by Horizon Power test grid value of distributed solar and storage, and role of utility-scale battery storage in smoothing and supporting an increasingly renewables-integrated network.
Posted in SolarTagged battery storage, Carnarvon, DER, distributed energy resources, Horizon Power
WA national park taken off-grid by local network
Horizon Power's stand-alone power project taking Fitzgerald River National Park off-grid with solar, battery storage and back-up diesel.
Posted in Battery/Storage, SolarTagged Horizon Power, off-grid, solar plus storage, stand-alone power
Brisbane Airport to add fleet of 11 BYD electric buses
Brisbane Airport's inter-terminal shuttle service will be run using 11 BYD electric buses, starting early 2018.
Posted in SolarTagged BYD, Carbridge, electric bus, electric vehicle, ev
Office products supplier COS installs 403kW solar across three sites
Australia’s largest privately owned office products supplier installs $1m of solar to cut grid power usage by 80%.
Posted in SolarTagged commercial solar, COS, rooftop solar, Sun Connect
Bigger is now better for rooftop solar – even for low energy users
ATA report finds 5kW-plus rooftop solar systems offer best bang for buck, no matter the household energy profile – and even if all generation exported to grid.
Posted in SolarTagged Alternative Technology Association, rooftop solar, solar panels, solr PV