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Solar Insiders Podcast: The global rooftop boom
Giles Parkinson and Nigel Morris18 Mar 20220 comments

Global rooftop solar installations expected to reach nearly 100GW in 2025. As Australia’s solar pioneers get together.

Solar, News
What happens when a solar farm is flooded? Sunshine Coast project lives to tell the tale
Sophie Vorrath18 Mar 20220 comments

Sunshine Coast Council’s 15MW Valdora solar farm was “substantially” inundated during the recent catastrophic floods. Here's how it played out.

News, Solar
Canadian Solar begins production of new 420W rooftop module
Sophie Vorrath17 Mar 20220 comments

Canadian Solar kicks off mass production of new solar module targeting residential, commercial and industrial markets.

Off-Grid, Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Car dealerships as microgrids: How electrification will transform car yards and bus depots
Elisa Wood17 Mar 20220 comments

Car dealerships need to upgrade their electrical infrastructure – and fast – given more than half their sales will be coming from electric vehicles before the decade is out.

Podcasts, Solar
Great Solar Business Podcast: How to make a blokey industry more inclusive
Nigel Morris11 Mar 20220 comments

A frank and practical conversation with Bobbi McKibbin from Australian Women in Solar Energy and Solar Integrity about creating more opportunities for women in the solar industry.

Off-Grid, Battery/Storage, Solar
Microgrids could help communities weather the next disaster
Sarah Nicklas & Scott Dwyer10 Mar 20220 comments

The devastating floods have cut off power for tens of thousands of people across New South Wales and Queensland. But this doesn’t have to keep happening.

Solar, News
Trina Solar chooses Australia for launch of “double-glass” rooftop module
Sophie Vorrath10 Mar 20220 comments

China solar giant Trina has tapped Australia as the first country for the global launch of its latest rooftop PV panel.

Solar, News
Solar installer “wiped out completely” in Lismore floods
Nickel Energy10 Mar 20220 comments

Last week, our solar installer business was wiped out completely by the flooding in NSW, leaving everything in both the office and warehouse destroyed.

Off-Grid, Battery/Storage, Solar
Solar, battery and hydrogen microgrid to power Daintree Rainforest
Sophie Vorrath8 Mar 20220 comments

Plans to power Queensland’s World Heritage-listed Daintree region with a solar to hydrogen gas-based microgrid to go ahead, after federal government awards $18.75m contract.

Podcasts, Solar
Solar Insiders Podcast: New year solar gloom, and SMA’s big inverter plans
Giles Parkinson and Nigel Morris7 Mar 20220 comments

Nigel Morris has downgraded his rooftop solar forecasts for 2022, while SMA’s Boris Wolff shares his take on the Australian and global market, and the shift towards grid forming inverters.

Solar
Rooftop solar market bounces back, but are there clouds on the horizon?
Sophie Vorrath3 Mar 20220 comments

After a slow January, rooftop solar installations rebounded in February. But will the growth continue?

Battery/Storage, Off-Grid, Solar
Massive giga-scale battery to help power off-grid Red Sea island resort
Joshua S Hill3 Mar 20220 comments

Off-grid "regenerative tourism" resort the size of Belgium being developed on the Saudi coast will include a 340MW solar plant and a huge 1.2GWh battery energy storage system. 

Solar, News
Rooftop solar systems and floods: How to stay safe and minimise risk
Sophie Vorrath3 Mar 20220 comments

Catastrophic flooding in Queensland and NSW means it's time to talk about safety around rooftop solar systems – here's what you should and shouldn't do.

Solar, News, Tariffs
Victoria slashes rooftop solar feed-in tariff by another 22 per cent
Sophie Vorrath1 Mar 20220 comments

Victoria’s energy regulator has made another cut to the state’s solar feed-in tariff, to come into effect in July.

Off-Grid, Battery/Storage, Other Renewables, Solar
Stand-alone solar and battery systems now seen as “new normal” in regions
Sophie Vorrath25 Feb 20220 comments

SAPS that bypass the grid to supply mostly renewable energy to individuals or communities have been cleared for wide-spread installation.

Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar
Victoria boosts home battery rebate in drive for VPP participants
Sophie Vorrath24 Feb 20220 comments

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.

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