Making sure Victoria’s network can cope with residential demand for batteries and solar is a complicated business – but we’re not sitting on our hands.
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AusNet hints at online error as solar, battery rejections spark industry anger
As concern grows that solar and battery storage is being blocked in some parts of Victoria, AusNet says efforts to fast-track the customer connection process may have caused some applications to be wrongly rejected.
Why we need the Approved Solar Retailer program – and why Victoria is demanding it
A new rule requiring all Victorian retailers to get CEC accreditation to participate in the state solar rebate will be annoying news for some. But it will cause problems for only a few.
Victoria government closes Solar Homes rebate to "approved" retailers only
Victoria government says rooftop solar retailers wishing to participate in Solar Homes subsidy must be signatories to Clean Energy Council Code of Conduct. Industry has mixed response.
Our journey to rooftop solar in coastal Victoria
At the time we were building our new house we considered solar panels, but cost and return on investment weren’t convincing. Six years later, the ballgame has changed.
Why the network push to limit rooftop solar exports should be resisted
The push by the network lobby to limit exports from rooftop solar is more about defending their investment in gas pipelines. It must be resisted.
How I got solar installed at my NSW school – and how you could, too
Last year I single-handedly organised, lobbied and arranged funds for a $100,000, 100kW solar panel installation for my school in Sydney’s south. Here’s how it was done.
Home hydrogen storage for rooftop solar? UNSW team says it's coming in 2020
UNSW and Tamworth company H2Store win investor support for hydrogen storage that could be applied to home solar storage by late 2020.
New rooftop solar, battery connection standards: What do they mean? Who needs to know?
New standards guiding rooftop solar and battery storage installs across the NEM have been released by the ENA. But are they good, bad or indifferent for consumers and industry? And what will they actually do? We ask the ENA and the CEC for some answers.
NT councils offered grants to install solar, EV chargers, batteries
Northern Territory Labor government opens $2m grant scheme to encourage councils to move to better energy efficient infrastructure and reduce costs to consumers and taxpayers.