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Solar carparks offer renewable solution for supermarkets, and cheap EV charging
Jacinta Bowler13 Jul 20230 comments

Solar car parks are helping supermarkets offset huge electricity costs, and providing a source of cheap power for EV charging customers.

Solar
Trina solar panels cleared for use in offshore installs, marine settings
Joshua S Hill13 Jul 20230 comments

Chinese solar PV manufacturer secures third-party certification for the use of its Vertex solar modules in marine and offshore settings.

Solar, Podcasts
Solar Insiders Podcast: Demystifying home electrification
Giles Parkinson and Sophie Vorrath13 Jul 20230 comments

Going all-electric is not easy – or is it? University of Wollongong’s Ty Christopher shares his lived and worked experience of home electrification and busts some myths.

Battery/Storage, Solar
Local network battery meets booming rooftop solar demand in regional coal town
Sophie Vorrath12 Jul 20230 comments

A local network battery gets to work in a town that hosts the state's biggest coal plant, but also – in the spirit of the energy transition – ranks as top solar postcode.

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Solar
Rooftop solar installations dip in June, but system sizes are getting bigger
Joshua S Hill4 Jul 20230 comments

Rooftop solar installations dip slightly in June, but still on track for 3GW in 2023. Average system size continues to grow.

Solar, Software/Gadgets
Noosa body corporate installs rooftop “mini solar farm” to pay for strata costs
Jacinta Bowler30 Jun 20230 comments

A body corporate team has won a national gong for a plan to pay for strata costs by installing a 550kW solar farm across the rooftops of one of its properties.

Battery/Storage, Featured, Policy, Solar
Australia’s first “notable” town is now at the bleeding edge of the solar and storage revolution
Sophie Vorrath29 Jun 20230 comments

Maldon is famous for being largely unchanged since the 1850s. But on energy, the small goldrush-era town is hurtling into the future.

Energy Efficiency, Battery/Storage, Electrification, Off-Grid, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Microgrid “living laboratory” to demonstrate resilient, renewable power systems of the future
Sophie Vorrath29 Jun 20230 comments

A flagship mixed-use, precinct-based solar and battery power system will highlight the benefits and challenges of deploying microgrids on the electricity network.

Solar, Podcasts
Solar Insiders Podcast: Small town, medium battery – big solar win
Giles Parkinson and Sophie Vorrath29 Jun 20230 comments

We head to the Victorian goldfields town of Maldon to hear why it’s the perfect place for a community battery – and how grid-side energy storage is becoming a key network tool.

Solar, Battery/Storage, News
QCells puts winter freeze on power prices for solar and battery retail customers
Sophie Vorrath & Joshua S. Hill28 Jun 20230 comments

South Korean solar giant will freeze prices of energy plans offered through its retail entity, Arcstream, to shield customers from expected winter price hike.

Solar, Electrification, Featured, Policy
Solar apartments: New government funding seeks to crack the rooftop PV ceiling
Sophie Vorrath26 Jun 20230 comments

A joint funding initiative from the federal and ACT governments will address one of the final frontiers of universal rooftop solar uptake – apartment buildings.

commercial solar rooftop officeworks
Battery/Storage, News, Solar
Batteries included: Officeworks adds storage to solar at stores to reach 100 pct renewables
Sophie Vorrath21 Jun 20230 comments

Office supplies giant switches on its first behind-the-meter battery at a retail outlet in Queensland – a final step in plan to source 100% renewables by 2025.

Solar
Longi sets record 33.5% efficiency for silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells
Joshua S Hill20 Jun 20230 comments

Chinese solar giant announces conversion efficiency of 33.5% for silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells – a new record.

Battery/Storage, News, Solar
New incentives offered for home batteries – and to boost massive virtual power plant
Sophie Vorrath15 Jun 20230 comments

Plans to establish a 2GW network of home solar and battery systems get a kick-along from green lending deal, on top of sign up bonuses.

Solar, Policy, Tariffs
First Nations communities swelter without power. Why isn’t there solar on every rooftop?
Simon Quilty, Brad Riley, Lee White & Norman Frank Jupurrurla14 Jun 20230 comments

Rooftop solar can work well for homes in remote First Nations communities – and stop them being cut off from power. So why isn't it widely available?

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Solar
Trina says new solar cell technology will take efficiency to 30 pct, and beyond
Joshua S Hill14 Jun 20230 comments

Chinese solar giant unveils new n-type i-TOPCon Advanced technology, which paves the way for boosting solar cell efficiency beyond 30%.

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