A 5.8MW solar car park installed at an Adelaide shopping centre, as part of Vicinity Centres’ commercial solar roll-out across 17 shopping centres and five states.
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Western Sydney shopping centre taps solar to slash power bills by 25%
A 1MW rooftop solar array installed at a shopping centre in western Sydney is expected to shave an estimated 25% off its annual electricity bill.
RACV makes big push into rooftop PV with purchase of Gippsland Solar
One of Victoria’s biggest PV retailers, Gippsland Solar, acquired by major Australian insurer RACV, in deal that speaks volumes about Australia’s booming rooftop PV market.
NSW government taps solar to power aquatic, agriculture research hubs
850kW of solar across three NSW government research facilities will cut their grid energy use by 19%, and their annual electricity costs by 22%, or $210,000 a year.
Bosch Australia taps solar, efficiency as global giant goes “carbon neutral”
Bosch Australia installs 3,000-panel rooftop solar system at Victoria headquarters, as global industrial giant announces plan to be carbon neutral worldwide by 2020.
New rooftop solar “urban power stations” to play both sides of the meter
Epho and Siemens technology aimed at unlocking “tens of gigawatts” of industrial rooftop solar that can be used for local consumption or sold into the market.
ISPT rolls out solar to another 12 commercial and retail properties
Property fund manager’s $11.6m round 2 of rooftop solar installations expected to generate 5,352,900kWh of electricity a year, save customers and tenants $1.5m a year.
Largest New York City solar project – with battery – set for JFK Airport
SunPower to develop NYC’s largest solar project, including 13MW PV, a 7.5MW battery and a 6.1MW community solar facility to supply local communities at reduced rates.
RACV to go 100% renewable with PPA and rooftop solar
RACV announces 5-year offtake deal with Snowy Hydro retail arm Red Energy, to help it reach 100% renewables across all its operations, starting next year.
Massive 1.3MW rooftop solar system completed at Cairns DFO
One of Queensland’s largest commercial solar systems – and a survivor of the state’s recent battle over large-scale PV installation rules – completed on rooftop of Cairns DFO.