rooftop solar

REC Group extends solar panel warranty to 25 years

German solar panel maker launches extended warranty for PV modules, guaranteeing performance and covering all faults and labour over 25…

January 23, 2020

Bushfire crisis shows the answer to future energy security lies on our rooftops

Australia's current bushfire crisis has underscored the urgent need to decentralise our electricity grid. Building up networks of household solar…

January 23, 2020

Solar ceiling smashed as Melbourne apartment block shares PV and batteries

A 70kW solar 54kWh battery storage system installed on a Melbourne apartment block will use Allume Energy technology to share…

December 19, 2019

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%…

December 17, 2019

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…

December 13, 2019

Australia’s first “solar garden” bears fruit for NSW community housing tenants

First "solar garden" in Lismore hailed as breakthrough for community solar projects in Australia and for those "locked out" of…

December 12, 2019

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…

December 5, 2019

Victoria regulator cuts rooftop solar tariff, wants mandatory time-varying FiT

Essential Services Commission wants retailers to offer customers choice of “single rate” feed-in tariff or a FiT that ranges from…

December 4, 2019

NSW notches up new national record for rooftop solar installations

A record 60MW of rooftop solar capacity installed in NSW in November – a new monthly high for any state…

December 3, 2019

Australia’s rooftop solar boom can be good news for networks: study

Rooftop solar has unveiled voltage issues in the grid, but is not necessarily the cause. A new study shows how…

December 2, 2019