Solar

A heritage listed former chewing gum factory turned apartment complex will use solar PV and behind the meter technology to supply residents with power up to 20% cheaper than retail market.

Key solar and building industry player CSR Bradford says solar and battery storage will be standard features in all new-build homes in Australian in just a few years.

ZEN Energy unveils partnership with Santos as part of plan to offer cheap "baseload renewable electricity" product to commercial and industrial users.

It was love at first sight for Richard and Robin Kinley. But it took a sunset to seal the deal.

Sydney Markets has unveiled its new, purpose-built 640kW solar car park, taking its total installed solar capacity to 910kW, with more to come.

Qld govt rooftop solar trial targets state’s most vulnerable electricity customers – and its half a million rental households – in plan to deliver up to 6MW of new rooftop solar PV.

Tesla's launches 14kWh Powerwall 2, confirming pricing and predicting 100% of solar homes will have battery storage within 10 years.

The energy management technology of Victorian company, GreenSync, will be used in a ground-breaking suburban Melbourne solar and battery storage trial that aims to take part of a Melbourne suburb off-grid.

Astronomical electricity bills are so often the final straw for Australia's remote Indigenous communities, consuming more than half of families' annual income and, in some cases, driving them off country. But with the help of renewables, they're taking the power back.

A JV between Energy Made Clean and Aboriginal corporation Eastern Guruma has won the contract to install solar and battery storage microgrids at two Fitzroy Valley communities.

The northern LA city of Lancaster now requires new homes to have enough rooftop solar to meet all of their energy needs.

Millions of low-quality solar panels have been installed on Australian roofs, mostly because mums and dads lacked the expertise to differentiate panel quality.

Victoria solar households to get big lift in payments for exports to the grid, but Greens say households still being sold short.

RMI's Shine Program has managed to deliver power purchase agreements at 40% below median bids for community solar projects.

An ARENA-backed project led by Frontier Impact Group has launched a community energy toolkit, offering financial and technical advice on setting up and funding behind the meter community energy.

The 2017 Prius plug-in hybrid vehicle is the first commercially available, mass-produced passenger car to feature an optional solar charging system.