Despite the challenges of 2020, the solar market has continued to grow and has posted record high installation figures for the year. Here's why.
What is driving record rooftop solar volumes in Australia?
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Energy giant GE chooses Australia to launch its first branded solar inverters
A range of GE-branded solar inverters have landed in Australia, going on sale Down Under before "any other country in the world," and targeting the "high end" of the market.
Trina Solar launches battery storage business
Trina Solar launches new business unit focused on providing solar and storage solutions, grid services, and microgrids.
Victoria regulator slashes solar tariffs by one third as wholesale prices fall
Victoria regulator says the days of high solar tariffs are over, as minimum FiT is slashed by one third due to falling wholesale prices.
Solar and battery storage to help power W.A. silver mine
Sliver and lead mine in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region signs PPA to source its electricity from a combination of solar, battery storage and gas.
Date set for new solar inverter standards, with tighter controls to follow
Australian Energy Market Commission names date new technical standards for inverters will come into play, signals more changes to come.
Strata rule changes pave way for more solar apartments
New South Wales parliament passes amendments to strata laws to make it “drastically easier” for apartments to install rooftop solar and other green technologies.
Zero-sum game: The rise of solar export limits, and what can be done about it
As rooftop solar continues to boom around Australia, an increasing number of households are coming up against strict limits to the amount of energy they are allowed to export to the grid, some of which cannot export their solar at all.
Labor promises 1,000 stand-alone solar, battery and hydrogen microgrids
Western Australia to build and install 1,000 standalone power systems including solar, battery and hydrogen electrolysers, to replace poles and wires and diesel gen-sets, and boost the state's green manufacturing sector.
Solar Insiders Podcast: Does the solar industry deserve the “cowboy” label?
Problems at a major solar farm in Queensland raises the “cowboy” issue again; and why are new homes being built with roofing too weak to host solar panels?
Regulator flags another cut in solar feed-in tariffs in NSW
IPART flags another “likely” reduction to NSW rooftop solar feed-in tariff, as it prepares to set new benchmarks for the next three financial years.
Online solar and battery sales platform wins commercialisation grant
Start-up UPowr wins federal grant to accelerate deployment of its all-digital solar and storage sales platform.
Low income households offered free solar in exchange for cost of living payments
S.A. government launches new pilot program offering the state’s low income households a free solar system in exchange for their annual concession payments.
Big Four bank offers “green loan” for home solar, batteries
Commonwealth Bank to offer home loan customers up to $20,000 in low, fixed-interest finance to install rooftop solar, battery storage, EV chargers, or other green technologies.
Enova taps Tesla Megapack battery as “queen bee” for shared solar project
Enova Community Energy chooses Tesla Megapack as first shared battery in its Beehive Project – a peer-to-peer solar trading platform in the NSW Hunter Region.
Will the solar roof tile ever crack the mainstream market?
What are the pros and cons of solar roof tiles? And will they ever, as Elon Musk believes, go off like kelp on steroids?
