SunWiz data shows Australia installed another 125MW of small-scale rooftop solar in September, taking total for calendar 2018 to 1.09GW and beating 2017 total with three months to go.
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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, and other energy efficient technologies.
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 on investment wouldn’t be as great if the local federal member had his way.
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 marketing” by PV cowboys pushing dodgy products and trying to cash in on the scheme.
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 developments.
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 fall.
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 is also under threat.
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 government.
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 solar market stand? Are rebates still under threat? And what can the industry and pro-solar consumers do about it?
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 consumers and because it’s no longer needed. But other industry experts disagree, saying removing SRES early could add 45% to the cost of a system and four years more to its pay-back.