solar

Optimised inverters key to cutting soft costs of solar PV

With the state of PV market, installers can find it more difficult to stay profitable. Inverter selection can be key…

May 26, 2016

Solar Choice PV price index: May 2016

Average solar PV system prices changed little between April and May, with the current national average sitting at about $1.66…

May 11, 2016

Akamai’s network to be powered by the sun and wind

Akamai explains how it will source renewable energy for 50 per cent of its network operations - an approach that…

May 11, 2016

A good look at the economics of solar PV and storage

Let’s remove the emotion for a minute and take a close look at the economics of the decision whether or…

May 3, 2016

Solar in half of all houses in some states, one third of business

Around half of all available homes in some states already have rooftop solar, but the percentage for businesses is much…

April 27, 2016

It takes a village: Why community energy is vital to a 100% renewable Australia

The transition to 100 per cent renewables for Australia is inevitable, say the authors of a major new report. The…

April 20, 2016

Can Victoria build a new town, from scratch, off grid?

Plans to build a completely new, completely sustainable and off-grid community in Victoria's Gippsland Lakes district are gathering momentum. But…

April 6, 2016

Solar households now have to pay to use their own solar output

Thousands of solar households are now required to pay utilities to use the output of their own solar panels inside…

March 23, 2016

5 reasons community-scale solar is a multi-GW market opportunity

The US solar industry has enjoyed impressive growth of late, with strong forecasts for 2016, but it’s been a bumpy…

March 23, 2016

The truth about battery ready solar systems

Do you want your new solar system to be ‘battery ready’? First you have to know what that actually means.

February 29, 2016