Solar

Despite "April dip", total solar installs still tracking 45% ahead of 2018, year to date. But speed-humps could be looming, with policy hiccups in Victoria, Queensland.

CEC says Queensland government's looming large-scale solar installation rule change contradicts itself – making it both confusing and potentially industry-crippling.

A 91kW solar, 41kWh battery storage system built to power a black coal mine museum has been launched in Victoria – a living demonstration of Australia's energy transition.

Clean Energy Council makes last-ditch plea to Queensland government to delay and reconsider a rule change that threatens to cripple the state's booming commercial PV sector.

Smart Energy Council report finds ALP battery rebate and finance policies could combine with existing solar rebates to deliver massive electricity cost savings for households – up to $1,860 a year.

A 100% renewable residential development in W.A. will feature blockchain-ready solar homes, a microgrid supply network for water and power and – in what is being claimed as an Australian first – a shared on-site 670kWh battery.

Federal Labor plans to create virtual power plant of solar schools across Australia, through $1bn CEFC loans scheme to help schools invest in rooftop panels and battery storage.

One year after slashing the state solar feed-in tariff by 44%, NSW pricing regulator IPART has lifted the recommended range for retailers to pay solar households by 2c/kWh.

Australia’s mix of solar policies is driving some parts of the industry crazy with frustration, as the phone stops ringing in Victoria and strict new workplace rules derail Queensland.

Thirteen Victorian water utilities have banded together to forge a major renewable energy off-take deal that will supply between 20 and 50 per cent of each corporation’s total electricity needs, and lower water bills for consumers. The utilities, under an umbrella organisation called Zero Emissions Water Ltd (ZEW), have signed a deal with the 200MW […]

Victoria’s rooftop solar industry says pause in applications for the state’s Solar Homes rebate will kill business for almost 3 months, as customers hold off investing until July.

Flow Power's latest deal to buy more than half the output of a 120MW NSW solar farm will supply PV generation to two major Australian food and beverage businesses.

Westpac becomes fourth Australian company to join global RE100 movement, signs up to buy electricity and LGCs from the Spark Infrastructure owned 120MW Bomen Solar Farm.

Australia's top 10 solar postcodes revealed. But it's not all sun and savings – UNSW report shows millions of apartment dwellers still locked out of rooftop solar, and up to 4GW of shared rooftop potential untapped.

Solpod teams with ERM Power to corner potentially massive market in re-deployable commercial solar – with backing from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

South Australia’s biggest electricity distribution company is seeking to reduce dependence on its very own grid, by installing just under 500kW of solar across two depots.