Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Plug-In Mini-Heaters: Don’t Get Burned

A plug-in mini heater

It’s winter, it’s cold and Australians are looking for economical ways to stay warm in their homes. Enter cheap plug-in mini-heaters. But both your hip pocket and you could get burned — literally. [Read more…]

Ruixu: New Kid On The Australian Home Battery Block

Ruixu Battery - Lithi2-16

China’s Ruixu is looking to grab some of the home battery rebate action in Australia with its Lithi2-16 offering. It looks like it could be competitive on pricing, but will it be any good? [Read more…]

Top Solar Inverter Shippers Revealed

Solar inverter shipment rankings.

For the tenth consecutive year, two manufacturers ranked first and second in Wood Mackenzie’s global inverter shipment rankings — with the pair accounting for 55% of the global inverter market in 2024. [Read more…]

EV Charger Accessibility: National Standard Needed

A wheelchair user and an accessible EV charger

There currently is no specific standard directly addressing accessibility requirements at public EV charging stations in Australia. NRMA says this needs to change. [Read more…]

Home Energy Efficiency: The Renter’s Reality

An Australian couple huddled under a blanket in their rental home

A new report highlights the plight of renters struggling to keep their household bills down, stymied by a lack of control over the energy efficiency of their homes. [Read more…]

NSW Tightens Up Energy Efficiency Incentive Schemes

A door-to-door salesperson with a heat pump hot water system

Doorknocking will be banned for New South Wales’ Energy Savings Scheme (ESS) and Peak Demand Reduction Scheme (PDRS) from the beginning of August, and a new warranty requirement for heat pump hot water systems supported under the ESS will kick in. [Read more…]

Electric Vehicle Council Pushes For V2G Charger Rebate

A bidirectional V2G charger being plugged into an EV port

The Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) has made its case for expanding Australia’s home battery rebate program to include Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) EV chargers. [Read more…]

Victoria’s 100 Neighbourhood Batteries Program: Final Round

Example of a neighbourhood battery installation

The application period for Round 3 of Victoria’s 100 Neighbourhood Batteries program (100NB) is about to kick off, with priority to be given to local government areas that have missed out so far. [Read more…]

NSW To Add Hundreds More Kerbside EV Chargers

A pole mounted kerbside EV charger

Another 549 kerbside EV chargers are to be installed across Wollongong, Greater Sydney and Newcastle over next year through a Minns Government program. [Read more…]

GoodWe’s EHB Hybrid Inverter Unleashed In Australia

GoodWe EHB hybrid inverter

Timing is everything they say, and Clean Energy Council approval for the EHB single-phase hybrid inverter series was pretty good timing for GoodWe. [Read more…]

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