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WA’s Plug-In Solar Plan Sparks Hope For Renters

November 3, 2026 2026-11-02T14:24:05 by 1 Comment

WA plug-in solar

Western Australia is moving to become the first state in Australia to legalise plug-in solar panels and batteries, potentially giving renters and apartment residents a way to generate their own electricity without installing a conventional rooftop solar system.

The Cook Government says households could save around $240 a year with plug-in solar, rising to $500 if they add a battery. But the systems aren’t legal yet. The government has released a draft technical standard for consultation, and questions remain about safety, installation restrictions and whether the promised savings will justify the cost. [Continue reading…]

All Energy 2026: Best in Show

November 2, 2026 2026-11-02T15:00:39 by 3 Comments

I walked the floor last week at Australia’s biggest solar trade show, All Energy, to judge the best in each product category for our annual show roundup video (watch it above!).

The video gives a minute to each product – gotta cater to the short attention spans of YouTube – but this post will go into more detail on why I chose each one. [Continue reading…]

All Energy 2026: Batteries & EVs Charge Into A New Era

October 30, 2026 2026-11-02T14:55:53 by 4 Comments
All Energy Australia 2026 attendees

Surging EV and home battery uptake has insulated many Australians from global oil and gas price shocks, but more can be done to maximise their benefit to the grid. So heard attendees of All Energy Australia 2026, with the country’s largest clean energy conference converging on the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre October 28-29 to […]

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Australia’s Best Solar & Battery Installer In 2026 Revealed

October 29, 2026 2026-10-28T14:48:20 by 2 Comments
Australia's best solar installer in 2016

RESINC Solar & Batteries has been recognised as Australia’s best-rated solar installer for the second year running. The NSW-based company accepted the Customer Choice Award on stage at SolarQuotes’ Installer Night on Tuesday, October 27 at Melbourne’s Showtime Events Centre.

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Solar Installer Fined $10,000 For Jobs He Never Attended

October 28, 2026 2026-10-27T13:30:27 by 4 Comments
Solar installer compliance crackdown

A solar installer who claimed to be working on Melbourne installations while interstate has been fined $10,000, as Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator (CER) continues its crackdown on operators breaking the rules. The case is one of several enforcement actions highlighted in the regulator’s latest quarterly compliance update, which includes two other installers barred from participating […]

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Why Queue For Discount Petrol When You Can Drive On Sunshine?

October 27, 2026 2026-10-27T06:22:06 by 67 Comments

You have to hand it to the fossil fuel disinformation machine; they’ve done an amazing job of keeping people poor in many senses of the word. Driving through Adelaide recently, I caught sight of another mind-boggling example and thought I’d capture it for posterity – Australians stuck in a huge queue for discounted fuel.

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Back The Hell Up

October 26, 2026 2026-10-26T08:51:08 by 27 Comments
backup indicator

Last week two flaws in PHP went public. PHP is the programming language behind SolarQuotes and a big slice of the web, and these bugs had been sitting in its code for about 14 years. AI models found them. Within 45 minutes of the announcement, Cloudflare was seeing tens of thousands of attempts to exploit […]

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How Batteries Land Electricians In Hot Water

October 23, 2026 2026-11-02T21:12:03 by 23 Comments
Controlled load and batteries

Customers buying home batteries are often going for “whole home” backup on the assurance that going forward, everything will be solar powered. People are however alarmed when bills lob in the letterbox with hundreds of dollars consumption charged out. How is that even possible?

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ACT & Tasmania’s Best-Rated Solar Installers: 2026

October 22, 2026 2026-10-21T13:03:00 by Leave a Comment
Top-rated installers 2026 Tas and ACT

Two new winners have emerged in the ACT and Tasmania as SolarQuotes wraps up its 2026 state and territory installer awards. The awards use a weighted calculation of customer reviews published on SolarQuotes between September 1, 2025 and September 1, 2026. This gives smaller installers with fewer reviews a fair chance against larger businesses. To […]

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Fox ESS Launches Power Cube All-In-One Home Battery

October 21, 2026 2026-10-21T08:54:37 by 14 Comments

Australia’s most popular battery brand, Fox ESS, has launched the Power Cube in Australia. It’s an all-in-one home energy system that combines an inverter and batteries into a single stackable unit. The Power Cube uses two to nine EQ5500 battery modules, giving you between 10.92 and 49.14 kWh of storage. Fox ESS says its design […]

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