Solar

Rooftop DC isolators are no longer mandatory for residential systems, paving the way for less complex – and potentially safer – installations.

More than 1 gigawatt of new residential solar capacity has been installed via the Victorian Labor government's Solar Homes Program – but where are all the panels going?

New home battery storage offering from Panasonic suggests it expects US households to install bigger and bigger solar systems and aim for more and more independence from the grid.

New research warns gas brand is “strong and stubborn”, and that asking people to give it up – either for economic or environmental reasons – is the wrong way to push for electrification.

Japan-based Sinanen unveils scalable solar carport solution which ranges from being able to shade hundreds of cars, down to a minimum of four.

Dive into the world of ‘ones-and-zeros’ to find out how they can help grow your business, with Warwick Johnston from Sunwiz.

Melbourne-based Allume Energy announced as one of nine start-ups to join The Clean Fight New York – a climate-tech accelerator program to decarbonise and electrify the state's buildings.

SunPower invites its SunVault energy storage customers in a number of states in the US to sign up to its first virtual power plant offering, ConnectedSolutions. 

Major new benchmark reached for rooftop solar, as “negative demand” reached in South Australia.

A nickel, copper and cobalt mine in southern WA is looking to shift to 100% renewables with a hybrid stand alone power system backed by a 300kWh vanadium redox flow battery.

Marble Bar in WA's Eastern Pilbara region will soon have the capacity to host another 100kW of rooftop solar after a battery was installed at the town famous for its record-breaking heatwaves.

A post-pandemic reboot of plans to build a 48-level office tower in Melbourne’s CBD will feature a “solar skin” made up of vertical glass PV panels, that will generate 20% of the building’s power.

Pilbara Minerals inks deal to add 6MW solar farm to power mix at its Pilgangoora lithium project, with plans to add more PV and possibly battery storage.

Tesla has launched a higher powered version of its solar roof tile, with a significant boost in capacity and a brand new option to overlay the integrated PV glass tiles onto some existing roofs.

Lindsay Hart from Selectronic on how deep and long-lasting relationships with technology suppliers can really make a difference.

Rooftop solar retailers to provide written estimates of expected savings of each new PV system they sell, as part of suite of changes for rebate scheme.