Solar

Social housing tenants enjoy Tasmania’s first community microgrid with solar and Tesla batteries

Tasmania’s first community microgrid, with rooftop solar and Tesla battery storage, is successfully powering a group of social housing tenants…

April 7, 2021

Unstoppable: Rooftop solar market notches up new all-time high in March

Australia breaks yet another record for rooftop solar installations, with homes and businesses adding 317MW of systems in March –…

April 6, 2021

Sydney factory to share excess rooftop solar power with employees

An 800kW solar system installed on the industrial rooftop of a window furnishing company in Sydney will soon supply power…

April 1, 2021

Solar Insiders Podcast: The good and bad of the solar export tax

Bruce Mountain from the VEPC and Jonathon Dore from Solar Analytics join Solar Insiders to discuss the pros and cons…

April 1, 2021

Victoria boosts rooftop inspector numbers in “dodgy solar” crackdown

Victorian government to boost number of inspectors employed to check and sign off on newly installed rooftop PV systems, backed…

March 31, 2021

Fimer partners with SwitchDin to boost inverter smarts – and compliance

International inverter maker joins forces with Australia's SwitchDin to “future proof” its products to changing rules – and market opportunities…

March 30, 2021

Consumer group calls on Victoria to ban rooftop solar cold-calling

Consumer Action Law Centre says it is up to governments to step in and change laws to better protect solar…

March 29, 2021

Tackling energy resilience with solar and deeply discounted Tesla batteries

A Californian city has approved plans to install solar-based microgrids at five critical facilities using Tesla batteries paid for by…

March 25, 2021

Tesla launches new battery energy plan, including big Powerwall discount

Tesla launches new energy plan in South Australia that promises big discounts on home battery storage and more behind-the-meter back-up…

March 23, 2021

Australians installed 31,000 batteries in 2020, led by households

New data shows Australians installed more than 31,000 battery energy storage systems around the country in 2020, a 20 per…

March 19, 2021