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Maxeon sets new efficiency record for rooftop solar panels

March 27, 2024 by Joshua S Hill Leave a Comment

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Singaporean PV manufacturer sets another efficiency rating record – and takes legal action against a solar giant over alleged patent infringement.

Filed Under: Solar, News

Solar giant joins home battery market with “all-in-one” scalable offering

September 14, 2022 by Joshua S Hill Leave a Comment

Canadian Solar prepares to launch an all-in-one residential energy storage solution, called the EP Cube, which is scalable from 9.9kWh up to 19.9kWh.

Filed Under: Battery/Storage, Solar

Canadian Solar joins 600W+ club with Series 7 HiKu modules

October 28, 2020 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Canadian Solar launches new generation PV modules with power up to 665W, efficiencies of up to 21.4%, and promising nearly 10% lower levelised cost of energy.

Filed Under: Solar

Canadian Solar joins 500W+ solar module club

July 7, 2020 by Joshua S Hill Leave a Comment

Chinese-Canadian solar manufacturing giant unveils a new “super-high power” range of 500W+ solar panels.

Filed Under: Solar

Canadian Solar brings 450W HiKu PV module to Australian rooftops

March 16, 2020 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Canadian Solar HiKu mono-crystalline PERC technology claims to have conversion efficiency of up to 20.37%, offer greater resistance to hotspots and better tolerance of shading.

Filed Under: Solar

Amazon inks first Australian PPA to buy output from NSW Gunnedah Solar Farm

March 13, 2020 by Sophie Vorrath Leave a Comment

Online retailing giant inks new deal for supply of renewables in Australia, agreeing with Canadian Solar to buy the output of its 146MW Gunnedah solar farm in NSW.

Filed Under: Solar, Other Renewables

A cautionary tale on rooftop solar: who pays the price for weak industry regulations?

March 23, 2016 by Sophie Vorrath 2 Comments

When a now defunct solar company installed non-genuine solar panels on nearly 200 homes in regional NSW and Qld, Greenbank – the aggregator of the solar credits for those panels – stepped in to right the wrong, despite having no hand in the blame. The question, now, is who will stop it from happening again?

Filed Under: Policy, Solar

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