Solar

Survey finds nearly one-quarter of businesses already generating some power with rooftop solar – 83% seriously considering it.

What will happen when my feed in tariff ends? We did the numbers to see how battery storage could help our solar system minimise our bills.

The idea of sneaking in a battery cycle first thing in the morning doesn’t bear fruit, because most households are already exporting energy during their morning peak.

Combining PV with a storage solution, homeowners gain from a variety of possibilities and benefits. However, it is important to know how to select the right kind of storage solution..

With an increasingly supportive regulatory environment and growing interest, community solar in the US could contribute nearly half of all solar installations by 2020. Here's how they do it.

An innovative AC/DC nanogrid using solar and salt-water battery storage by Aquion has been completed in the US.

A Gold Coast home owner has installed six Tesla Powerwall batteries, to store 98% of the generation from his 24kW rooftop solar system. And the payback? Not bad...

Should battery storage be discharged during peak only, and is it worth discharging during off-peak periods in order to maximise solar soak-up?

NSW property development offers a tree change, and a share in an energy utility: a purpose-built, community-owned embedded network through which they can buy, sell and store solar electricity, peer-to-peer.

Many Australians are under the mistaken impression that their solar panels were made in Australia, and nearly half expect a pay-back from their investment within 5 years.

A 99kW solar PV system installed at Brunswick Town Hall in Melbourne becomes first in Australia to use Trina Solar mono-crystalline technology, to overcome issues of rooftop shading, accessibility.

Victorian government launches 75.4kW solar array installed at Gold Museum at iconic Ballarat tourist centre, Sovereign Hill.

ZEN Energy says it hopes to meet "strong demand" for home battery storage with two new smaller, cheaper systems.

Corporations are entering the renewables market in force, and they will find much to like in the community-scale solar market.

Alinta Energy says distributed geothermal could provide heating and cooling needs for new housing estates, and combined with solar need not be connected to grid.

Nearly half of all solar households have no idea how to maximise the value of their rooftop solar investment. They think the best thing to do is give it back to the grid for next to nothing. Some education is needed.