Solar

High solar tariff helps Australia's first community-owned retailer reach major milestone, as it plans geographic expansion and push into new concepts such as peer-to-peer trading.

Local solar trading product launched to Victorian Powershop customers as "first in a series" of peer-to-peer products to be rolled out by the online retailer.

Panasonic's new 5.3kWh lithium-ion batteries will be available to Australian households from December.

We know early adopters are embracing domestic battery storage, but what’s the best ownership model for the less tech savvy among us? Could leasing be the way to go?

New data shows that in South Australia, battery storage is already offering significant savings – as much as 25% on annual electricity bill costs – to households with solar. Retailers will need to turn to Plan B.

Publication of an updated list of approved solar panels which saw an incredible 76% of solar brands no longer listed as approved for use in Australia.

USQ to install 1.9MW solar, plus battery storage across three campuses in three-stage Sustainable Energy Solution aimed at slashing the University’s electricity costs and emissions.

US pioneers of blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy trading, LO3, set up in Byron Bay with plans to trial its TransActive Grid technology in Australia.

St Vincent's Health to install nearly 3MW of solar PV across 16 sites in three states – one of the Australia's largest commercial solar roll-outs to date.

AGL Energy joins forces with NSW govt on $1m pilot program to install solar on community housing in Sydney – cutting energy costs for tenants by more than $400 a year.

At double the capacity and almost half the cost/kWh, Tesla's Powerwall 2 illustrates the break-neck speed at which battery storage is evolving.

Victorian government to shift solar feed-in tariffs to time-of-use pricing, in move to better reflect the value of the state’s rooftop solar generation, and their environmental benefits.

Early adopters are already getting their batteries installed around the country, and it’s only a matter of time before more solar homes do the same. How much further do battery storage prices need to fall before they make sense as an investment?

The end of the Solar Bonus Scheme is fast approaching. So if you’re a solar owner on the scheme, what should you do?

In Boston, a university hospital and a car parking facility join forces to show how smaller businesses and nonprofits can pool their needs and buy cheap power from solar farms.

More than one million solar hot water systems have been installed in Australia, adding to the more than 1.5 million rooftop PV systems.