Solar

California winery microgrid wins top environmental award

Stone Edge Farm Estate Vineyards and Winery, home of a microgrid noted for its performance during the California wildfires last…

January 31, 2018

Solar portables that can help power schools tested in NSW pilot

An ARENA-backed pilot at two NSW schools will trial super efficient portables with enough solar to power three classrooms.

January 31, 2018

The solar market consolidation that never happened

Remember the predictions that the solar market would consolidate from 4000 businesses to four or forty major solar companies serving…

January 31, 2018

Lismore opens Australia's largest floating solar farm, could add storage

Lismore opens country's biggest solar farm, and flags five fold increase in size and may add battery storage. The unique…

January 30, 2018

Solar + Tesla battery storage offered as sweetener for "knockdown rebuild" homes

Porter Davis offers rooftop solar and battery storage to new home builders, as part of a limited offer for “knockdown…

January 30, 2018

Solar Insiders Podcast December 21

In the final episode of Solar Insiders for the year, Giles Parkinson and Nigel Morris chronicle what went right, and…

December 21, 2017

Happiness is a post-solar electricity bill (Farewell to 2017)

So much for the idea of rooftop solar being a scam. Having panels on my roof is saving me a…

December 21, 2017

Private schools go big on solar – a lesson in ethics and good business

Perth's Christ Church Grammar to install 670kW of solar, to save $195,000 a year, and teach its students a valuable…

December 20, 2017

Australia Post installs huge 2.1MW rooftop solar array in Sydney

Australia Post's 2.1MW rooftop solar system in Chullora, Sydney – one of the biggest of its kind so far –…

December 20, 2017

Victoria regulator proposes 29c/kWh solar export tariff in peak period

Victoria regulator proposes 29c/kWh "peak" tariff for solar exports between 3pm and 8pm - a move that is likely to…

December 19, 2017