Chinese PV giant launches HiMo 4 series of solar modules in Australia, promising more power, higher energy conversion efficiency, and lower installation costs.
Longi launches 370W solar module, with eye to commercial market
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Victorian school installs 600kW solar system, goes 130% renewable
Gippsland Solar completes 600kW “monumental challenge” at Victorian private school PLC. Combined with a PPA, the school now gets 130% of its power from renewables.
Rooftop solar continues to weather Covid-19 storm, at “very healthy levels”
Australia’s rooftop solar market maintains “very healthy levels” of growth despite the uncertain start to 2020, with just the usual Easter lull over the past fortnight.
Townsville office building, and Adani Carmichael coal mine HQ, goes solar
Sentinel Property Group installs 100kW solar system at its River Quays building in Townsville – an office complex whose tenants include Indian mining giant Adani Resources.
Recycling giant awarded generation licence for SA solar and battery plant
Visy Board cleared to send power to the grid from a nearly 2MW rooftop solar and Tesla Powerpack system the company installed on a facility in Gepps Cross, South Australia.
Solar and batteries in demand as Coronavirus encourages shift to “self-reliance”
COVID-19 impact on Australia’s solar and storage sector may not be all bad, particularly as homes and businesses look for ways to cut energy costs and increase self-reliance.
Northern Territory names all 25 schools chosen for solar roll-out
NT names all 25 schools selected to have their electricity bills slashed by as much as 40 per cent through a government-funded solar roll-out that kicked off in December 2018.
Paris airports opt for solar in 21-year power purchase deal
Charles de Gaulle and two other Paris airports to be partially solar powered through energy off-take deal with GazelEnergie and Urbasolar. Next stop, rooftop PV.
Stockland ramps up solar, battery and efficiency roll-out with CEFC loan
Australian property group set to roll out another 11MW commercial solar, this time across its logistics business, with help of $75m CEFC senior debt facility.
Queensland school goes big on solar – and Tesla battery storage
Private school in Bundaberg to install just under 1MW of solar power and 1160kWh of Tesla battery storage capacity to slash costs, underpin future expansion.
