A review of Horizon Power’s solar hosting capacity and changes to connection rules to give consumers on some of Western Australia’s regional microgrids long-awaited access to rooftop PV.
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Inverter maker SolarEdge adds “smart panels” to rooftop offering
Israel-based SolarEdge has moved beyond inverters with the launch of its own PV panel offering on the Australian residential market.
Looking for energy independence? Make your solar smarter
As rooftop solar uptake increases, and the cost of batteries decreases, integrating smart management and storage can boost energy independence dramatically.
Chinese solar inverter brand de-listed over safety issues
CEC says all inverters by Shenzhen Sofarsolar “de-listed” from organisation’s catalogue of compliant products, after tests turned up a potential safety issue.
Another mini-grid breakthrough for AusNet in suburban Melbourne trial
Victorian network operator AusNet Services has again succeeded in taking part of a Melbourne street completely off grid – this time for a total of 9 hours, powered only by home solar and battery storage systems.
We need to talk about rooftop solar
So you’ve installed rooftop solar – but is it performing as well as you expected? Consumers are being urged to share system problems, inefficiencies or faults via a new APVI web-based survey, to help improve the quality of PV system components, installations and system designs.
Why smart software is cheaper way to profit from solar than battery storage
Australia’s Redback Technologies says its new generation smart investors can dramatically improve self consumption and payback times for rooftop solar, and optimise use of battery storage systems.
'Use it or (almost) lose it': Why Australia is a key energy storage market
Among the many inverter and battery storage technologies on show at the All-Energy Australia conference and exhibition last week in Melbourne was a few of the latest offerings from Israeli inverter company, SolarEdge. SolarEdge, which like many other big players in this sector, has lately turned its focus to developing inverter technology that supports solar […]