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Domino’s Pizza plans Australia-wide solar roll-out, to slice energy costs
Sophie Vorrath18 Sep 20190 comments

Multi-national pizza chain in talks to install solar on outlets across Australia, after rooftop PV at a Brisbane store achieved a nearly 50% reduction in electricity costs.

Battery/Storage, Solar
Sonnen begins home battery installs at Victoria property development
Sophie Vorrath18 Sep 20190 comments

The first of up to 270 5kWh Sonnenbatterie home battery systems installed at new housing development in Victoria, as part of effort to cut household power bills by 60 per cent.

Solar, Software/Gadgets
Clipsal launches new rooftop solar business
Michael Mazengarb17 Sep 20190 comments

99 year old South Australian company Clipsal has launched its solar business, aiming to integrate solar systems with industry leading data analytics.

Solar, Policy
Victoria solar rebate still in hot demand, mid-September offer gone in 20 minutes
Sophie Vorrath17 Sep 20190 comments

Demand for Victorian government home solar rebate showing no signs of slowing, with second-round September offer of 3,250 applications filled in little more than a quarter of an hour.

Solar
Victoria Bitter catches solar beer wave in new TV ad campaign
Sophie Vorrath16 Sep 20190 comments

CUB shift to 100% renewables becomes new selling point for brewer’s iconic Victoria Bitter beer, with a solar themed take on the brand’s equally iconic advertisements.

Solar, Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets
Solar and battery microgrid to power Western Australia business park
Sophie Vorrath13 Sep 20190 comments

W.A. government avoids "costly" grid extension with solar and battery microgrid, which will power a new 120-hectare industrial and "agri-innovation" estate in City of Mandurah.

Software/Gadgets, Solar
Power Ledger trials P2P solar trading platform in first regional setting
Sophie Vorrath10 Sep 20190 comments

P2P software platform to be trialled across nine commercial and one council site in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region – a first for the Perth-based solar sharing company.

Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar, Tariffs
Tesla slashes price of Powerwall 2 battery by $2,000 for VPP customers
Sophie Vorrath6 Sep 20190 comments

Tesla unveils deal for South Australian customers that cuts around $2,000 off price of Powerwall 2 home battery – but only for members of the company’s VPP program.

Solar
Australia rooftop solar market hits “plateau” – at record volumes
Sophie Vorrath5 Sep 20190 comments

August data suggests Australia's rooftop solar market has effectively plateaued, albeit at record volume levels. Victoria, meanwhile, has made a slight recovery, but not for long.

Solar, Policy
Victoria’s boosted rooftop solar rebate snapped up in minutes
Sophie Vorrath5 Sep 20190 comments

Victoria's rooftop PV rebate has again been taken up in record time, with the boosted September offering of 6,500 discounted home solar panel systems disappearing in under an hour.

Battery/Storage, Solar
Victoria apple farmer taps vanadium flow battery to better harvest the sun
Sophie Vorrath4 Sep 20190 comments

Victorian apple growers to add 20kW/80kWh vanadium redox flow battery system and extra 100kW of PV to existing 60kW solar array, to maximise solar self-consumption.

rooftop solar
Podcasts, Solar
Solar Insiders Podcast: Solar’s stunning cost fall, and Victoria’s rebate hurdles
Giles Parkinson and Nigel Morris4 Sep 20190 comments

New data shows that the cost of solar PV continues to fall dramatically, while Victoria’s solar rebate program hits another hurdle just days after government broadened the program.

Solar, Policy
Victoria solar rebate to re-open Thursday, with 6,000 applications remaining
Sophie Vorrath3 Sep 20190 comments

Solar Victoria's online application portal to re-open Thursday September 5 at 9am, with around 6,000 home solar rebates still up for grabs.

solar panel
Solar, Policy
Victoria solar rebate on hold another day, as tech troubles continue
Sophie Vorrath3 Sep 20190 comments

Technical difficulties keep Solar Victoria's rooftop panel rebate portal closed for a second day, again delaying access to the newly boosted state government scheme.

Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Simon Hackett shifts Tasmania farm to solar microgrid, with 27 ZBM2 batteries
Sophie Vorrath3 Sep 20190 comments

Sheep and cattle farm to install 100kW solar, 270kWh zinc bromine flow battery storage, to slash grid power use and prepare for shift to electric vehicles.

Solar, Policy
Revised Victoria solar rebate tripped up by “technical difficulties”
Sophie Vorrath2 Sep 20190 comments

Victoria's rooftop solar rebate hits a new snag, with technical difficulties taking the online application portal out of action, on day one of the new expanded offering.

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