Solar

9 solar PV records broken in Australia in 2017 (and one for batteries)

2017 has been a year of records for Australian solar power, and the year's not even finished yet. Here are…

December 13, 2017

Zen Energy gets retail licence to launch "baseload" renewable product

Zen Energy gets electricity retailer licence to offer "baseload renewable energy" product and proceed with 1GW solar and storage facility…

December 13, 2017

Australia hits new rooftop solar high as homes and businesses get smart – and go big

Australian homes and businesses installed a record monthly total of 120MW of rooftop solar in November, beating the all-time high…

December 6, 2017

Todae lands 1.8MW rooftop array as Stockland aims for 12MW solar

Todae Solar has landed what is likely to be one of the largest rooftop solar installations in Australia - a…

December 6, 2017

ATA launches free home solar and battery advice service

Free online advice service launched by Alternative Technology Association aims to guide households on what size solar and battery storage…

December 5, 2017

Qld car dealership to trial "urban solar farm" technology

Car dealership installs 330kW solar PV and 96kWh in battery storage, not just to slash power costs, but to test…

December 5, 2017

Solar unlimited: How to use inverters to get past export limits

Solar panel system owners are becoming more and more ambitious about what they want from their PV systems, and are…

December 4, 2017

Coober Pedy enjoys 100% renewables after switch to hybrid solar, wind + battery system

Hydro Tasmania says the hybrid solar, wind, storage and diesel power project it installed at the SA desert town of…

November 30, 2017

Canberra switches on its own Big Battery – 1MW of household variety demand response

One day before the world’s largest lithium-ion array is formally “switched on” by Tesla in SA, Reposit Power and ActewAGL…

November 30, 2017

How can communities share in the big renewables boom?

A regional prospectus is being developed to help communities connect with large scale solar and wind developers in regional Victoria…

November 30, 2017