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How a dairy farm used solar and Aussie battery technology to take the power back
Sophie Vorrath4 Aug 20220 comments

Solar and an Energy Renaissance battery system cuts Victorian dairy farm's grid electricity use by up to 95%, slashes its energy and fuel bills by $70,000 a year.

Solar, News
Rooftop solar market cools in July as bumpy 2022 continues
Sophie Vorrath3 Aug 20220 comments

Rooftop solar market dips to a total of 219MW of PV panels installed on homes and businesses across the country, down from 226MW in June.

Solar, Energy Efficiency, Policy
“Milestone” as first home quits gas in town’s shift to electrification
Sophie Vorrath3 Aug 20220 comments

Horizon Power’s plan to shift an entire town off the reticulated gas network made its start this week, with the first household transitioned to all-electric.

Off-Grid, Battery/Storage, Featured, Solar
Redflow lands big new battery order for off-grid Kangaroo Island icon
Sophie Vorrath28 Jul 20220 comments

After being destroyed by fire over Australia's devastating Black Summer, the Southern Ocean Lodge is being resurrected, complete with a hybrid renewable microgrid.

Podcasts, Solar
Great Solar Business Podcast: Solar supply and demand for 2022
Nigel Morris26 Jul 20220 comments

With the solar industry facing massive transformation, Lliam Ricketts from Supply Partners explains what’s going on with the supply chain. Recorded at Energy Next.

Solar, Policy
Regulator updates rooftop solar rules to allow for multiple installers
Sophie Vorrath26 Jul 20220 comments

Clean Energy Regulator announces small but important change to rules governing the installation of rooftop solar under the federal SRES rebate scheme.

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Battery/Storage, News, Solar
JinkoSolar launches “Suntank” home battery in Australia
Sophie Vorrath25 Jul 20220 comments

China-based PV giant JinkoSolar announces Australian launch of its modular lithium iron phosphate energy storage system called Suntank.

Battery/Storage, Featured, Solar
Dramatic lift in solar battery sales as households seek energy “insurance”
Sophie Vorrath21 Jul 20220 comments

A message to solar installers: if you're not including battery storage in your quotes to new customers, then you should be. At least that's what the data says.

Podcasts, Solar
Solar Insiders Podcast: Households now want batteries with their solar
Giles Parkinson and Nigel Morris21 Jul 20220 comments

The jump in fossil fuel prices means more households want battery storage with their rooftop solar, and they don’t care if it’s not making money.

Battery/Storage, News, Solar
Tesla reveals huge number of Powerwall home batteries installed in Australia
Sophie Vorrath19 Jul 20220 comments

Tesla reveals total number of Powerwall home battery energy storage systems installed in Australia, to date – a six-fold increase on 2019 installs.

Solar, News, Policy
Rooftop solar installer cops fine, loses accreditation, over rebate fraud
Sophie Vorrath18 Jul 20220 comments

Canberra-based solar installer fined and stripped of accreditation after being convicted of providing false or misleading documents to get solar rebate.

Solar
Who is burdened with taking care of rooftop solar at home?
The Conversation18 Jul 20220 comments

New study finds the changing nature of household energy has potential to reproduce existing forms of inequality across gender, cultural groups and generations.

Off-Grid, Battery/Storage, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Seven ways to boost household energy resilience to climate-driven disasters
Sophie Vorrath15 Jul 20220 comments

Extreme weather events put energy supplies at risk. Consumers can boost their resilience with everything from solar-powered torch to an EV.

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Solar, News
Trina Solar seeks to firm up PV supply chain with massive new production facility
Joshua S Hill14 Jul 20220 comments

The new Industrial Park will cover almost the entire PV manufacturing chain from polysilicon production to modules based on 210 and N-type technology.

Off-Grid, Battery/Storage, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Should you even bother connecting to the grid?
Elisa Wood14 Jul 20220 comments

US start-up sells a "modern electric system," where "ridiculously outdated" networks are replaced by microgrids with solar, storage, backup and controls.

Solar, News, Policy
Recycling centre tests solar system made of second-hand panels in landmark pilot
Sophie Vorrath14 Jul 20220 comments

A waste and recycling centre in regional New South Wales has become the testing ground for a groundbreaking solar project – the installation of an 8kW PV system using second-hand panels.

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