Solar

Everyday Australians are building their own renewables projects, and you can too

Community renewables are the ideal way to generate local investment, build stronger rural economies and ensure the benefits of the…

October 13, 2020

One year with residential solar and battery in Melbourne

Outside of the savings on electricity costs, the installation of solar and batteries – with the right inverter – offers…

October 12, 2020

UPowr launches fully-digital sales platform to offer a better experience of buying solar

Sydney based UPowr launches new all-online platform to improve the solar buying experience, with more information for customers and less…

October 9, 2020

Solar Insiders Podcast: Rooftop PV still booming, and Australia’s biggest solar garden

Small scale rooftop solar PV installations are heading towards 3GW in 2020, despite Covid-19, and we talk to April Crawford-Smith…

October 8, 2020

How “flexible exports” may convince more big energy users to install rooftop solar

An Energy Queensland network trial focusing on accommodating more, and smarter commercial solar has quietly shown the way on how…

October 8, 2020

Ground-breaking solar microgrid completed at Granny Smith gold mine

Ground-breaking solar, battery and gas microgrid built to power remote W.A. gold mine is complete and cutting fossil fuel consumption…

October 7, 2020

Tweed Shire taps wind and solar PPA for more than half its power needs

Tweed Shire Council inks 10-year Power Purchase Agreement with Flow Power to source renewable energy from Sapphire Wind Farm and…

October 6, 2020

Victoria charts “dramatic plunge” in rooftop solar installs as Covid takes toll

SunWiz data shows Victoria rooftop PV installs plunged over eight weeks of stage four Covid-19 restrictions, but all up Australia…

October 1, 2020

Vertical solar array delivers cheaper power for Melbourne apartment building

An 87-panel rooftop solar system has been installed vertically at a Melbourne apartment building, to get around dual problems of…

October 1, 2020

Victorian town’s bid to go 100% solar wins grant to “supersize” battery

Yackandandah moves "vital" step closer to sourcing 100% renewable energy by 2022, after winning state government grant to “supersize” its…

October 1, 2020