Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

New South Wales’ Blue Mountains City Council says its lighting and solar power projects are making great environmental and financial sense. [Read more…]

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) announced yesterday three AGL retailers have paid penalties amounting to $160,000 for allegedly not fixing faulty electricity meters promptly. [Read more…]

Tesla recently took the wraps off its solar inverter. There’s not much information available on it yet, but here’s what we know. [Read more…]

Researchers at Tatura SmartFarm in Victoria are tinkering with using solar panels to protect fruit trees from extreme heat events – one of the many potential applications for agrivoltaics. [Read more…]

One of the world’s largest producers of a key material for solar panels, polysilicon, has addressed concerns its operations may be benefiting from forced labour. [Read more…]

December 2020 was a big month for Victoria’s very popular Solar Homes program, with thousands more applications lodged and systems installed. [Read more…]

The USA’s largest electricity gentailer, Florida Power & Light, has closed down its last coal fired power station in the state. [Read more…]

Winaico says its new Gemini solar panels will be available to Australian customers starting next month. The Gemini range consists of two panels, both featuring 9 busbars, half-cut cell design and reflective wires to reduce internal resistance. [Read more…]

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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has provided a bundle of cash to support three more Australian National University solar research projects. [Read more…]

While the International Space Station’s solar arrays are still working pretty well, they are showing their age and NASA will start on an upgrade this year. [Read more…]