rooftop solar

Australia rooftop solar installs surpass 1GW in September, overtaking 2017 total

SunWiz data shows Australia installed another 125MW of small-scale rooftop solar in September, taking total for calendar 2018 to 1.09GW…

October 9, 2018

NT government set to review solar feed-in tariff, as grid reforms kick off

Northern Territory electricity and solar feed-in tariffs set for review, in bid to boost uptake of rooftop solar, battery storage,…

October 9, 2018

Tamworth council weighs $1m solar rollout – with a message for Barnaby

Tamworth council set to save around $117,000 a year by installing solar on 12 council-owned facilities – but the return…

September 25, 2018

How to avoid rooftop solar scammers – tips from Solar Victoria as rebate kicks in

The body set up to oversee Victoria government's residential solar rebate warns consumers to be wary of “scammers and inaccurate…

September 20, 2018

Rooftop solar kept out of the shade with new Victoria planning rules

Victoria government amends planning laws to protect the state’s more than 330,000 rooftop solar systems from being overshadowed by neighbouring…

September 12, 2018

Australia rooftop solar charts another record month, even as prices edge up

Business still booming for rooftop solar, with 142MW installed in August and NSW taking the lead and Victoria slowing slight…

September 5, 2018

Oops: Victoria solar rebate brings state's industry to "dead stop"

Victoria scheme to encourage 2.6GW of rooftop solar has unintended consequences in the short term, and the solar rebate price…

August 29, 2018

Melbourne shared solar + storage pilot wins state grant

Melbourne project to install shared solar and battery storage in three multi-tenanted buildings has won nearly $1m from the Victorian…

August 28, 2018

The NEG is dead – What's the future for rooftop solar?

With the NEG in ruins, and Malcolm Turnbull holding on as PM by a thread, where does Australia's booming rooftop…

August 22, 2018

Origin backs ACCC call to end rooftop solar rebates

Big-three gen-tailer says it supports ACCC call to wind up the federal rooftop solar subsidy early, because of cost to…

August 16, 2018