Tariffs

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.

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

As residential demand tariffs are rolled out around Australia, we take a look at what they are, how they works, and why many households should avoid them at all costs.

Sunverge, the US-based energy management company supplying the "brains" for AGL's 5MW virtual power plant, explains how the project will benefit consumers.

Newly released survey data suggests we may have dramatically underestimated the take up of battery storage in Australia.

Major Australian survey paints a picture of an electricity market where consumers are not seeing value from their service providers, so are looking elsewhere to find it – a trend that will drive battery storage uptake and could double rooftop solar penetration in most states and territories.

As NSW's relatively generous solar rates come to a close, 150,000-odd solar homes are looking to make the transition as painless as possible. So what are your options? We break them down for you.

With more than 275,000 solar households set to come off premium feed-in tariffs. A new report offers advice on how to cushion the blow.

Australia's biggest utilities are passing on the surging cost of the country's predominantly coal-fired grid to consumers at the start of the new financial year, but it seems pretty clear that many solar households are missing out.

NZ energy retail start-up Flick Electric says Australia an ideal market for its digital platform that strips electricity pricing bare and gives customers access to the wholesale spot market.

Redflow strikes partnership with fellow Brisbane-based start-up Redback to provide hybrid inverter and battery management system to its soon to be released ZCell battery.

IPART raises recommended ‘benchmark range’ for NSW solar feed-in tariffs to reflect rising wholesale electricity prices.

Four out of five solar households interested in battery storage, with one out of four households considering using battery storage to quit the grid altogether.

Climate Council's latest data on household solar uptake suggests rooftop PV could soon be as “common as insulation” in some parts of Australia, with more than a dozen suburbs now recording penetration above 50 per cent.

A small revolution is taking part in the famous little surfer town Byron Bay..

Considering installing rooftop solar? Here's a look at what people need to know if they want to install a system in the Ausgrid Electricity Network area.