Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Victorian Emergency Backstop: Solar Installer Backlash

Victorian Emergency Backstop Mechanism

Implementation of Victoria’s emergency backstop for solar systems has been a dog’s breakfast according to some irate installers. [Read more…]

GoodWe Launches New Hybrid Inverter Line In Australia

GoodWe ET G2 three phase hybrid inverter

Inverter and energy storage manufacturer GoodWe has introduced a new iteration of its three-phase ET high voltage hybrid inverter for AU and NZ markets – the ET G2. [Read more…]

Longi Goes Highlander On Australia Solar Panel Distribution

Longi Australian distribution shift

Chinese PV manufacturing goliath Longi has declared there can be only one Australian distributor of its solar panels for the residential and small commercial & industrial sectors. [Read more…]

Go Time Nears For Australian EV Charger Sharing Startup IvyGo

IvyGo EV charger sharing

Last week, a family in Pagewood in Sydney was the first to turn their home EV charger into a source of income by sharing it with other drivers under IvyGo. [Read more…]

Major Indian Solar Manufacturer Sets Its Sights On Australia

Waaree Energies and Australia

India’s Waaree Energies has eyed Australia for a while, and now appears ready to make its move. Perhaps we’ll have the company’s solar panels added to the smorgasbord of choices available here for residential installations. [Read more…]

Amberman Soars When Renewables Rule the Grid

Amberman and renewable energy

Electricity retailer Amber’s 50-metre-high inflatable tube person, claimed to be the world’s tallest, is currently letting Melbournians know when renewables are making up the majority of grid supply. [Read more…]

JinkoSolar Clocks Up 300GW Of Panel Shipments

JinkoSolar panel shipments

Chinese solar panel manufacturing goliath JinkoSolar says the firm now ships 1GW of modules every 4 days. [Read more…]

Victorian Default Electricity Prices: Have Your Say

Electricity: Victorian Default Offer

Victoria’s Essential Services Commission (ESC) is reviewing prices for the 2025-26 Victorian Default Offer for electricity and has released a request for comment paper. And it shouldn’t be long before a draft decision for feed-in tariffs is also published. [Read more…]

Italian Inverter Manufacturer FIMER Rescued

FIMER acquisition

Italy’s FIMER SpA has announced it has been acquired by a subsidiary of McLaren Applied Group, with the support of Greybull Capital. [Read more…]

NT’s Home Battery Subsidy And Feed-In Tariff Boost

NT Home Battery Scheme

The Northern Territory’s maximum home battery subsidy was more than doubled on December 1, and solar feed-in tariff rates in the late afternoons and evenings will get a lift next year. [Read more…]

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