Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – June 2018

Solar panel interest in Australia

Australians have been installing solar panels at a record rate and there’s still plenty of interest in turning the nation’s naked rooftops into bill-busting electricity generation platforms. [Read more…]

Report Raises Solar Power System Safety And Performance Concerns

Solar safety and performance

While representing a minority of installations, shonky solar in Australia can pose a threat to safety and/or seriously impact on return on investment. [Read more…]

Trump Wants To Prop Up Coal And Nuclear Power In The USA

Donald Trump

Image: geralt

U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to stop ailing coal and nuclear plants across the country from closing, much to the horror of the nation’s gas and renewable energy supporters. [Read more…]

Virtual Power Plant For Western Australia’s Goldfields?

Goldfields solar energy project

The Western Australian Government has announced it will proceed with providing half a million dollars to finance the development of a proposal for a virtual power plant (VPP) trial in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. [Read more…]

Hanwha Q Cells To Manufacture Solar Panels In The USA

Hanwha Q Cells

In another case of it you can’t beat them, join them, Hanwha Q Cells Korea has announced it build a solar panel manufacturing facility in the U.S. state of Georgia. [Read more…]

Jinko Solar Unveils 410W “Cheetah” Panel And Gold-Framed Module

Jinko solar panels

JinkoSolar has taken the wraps off its 410W Cheetah solar panel at the SNEC 12th International Photovoltaic Power Generation and Smart Energy Exhibition & Conference in Shanghai. [Read more…]

Lyon, JERA and Fluence Formalise Energy Storage Collaboration

Lyon, Jera, Fluence - Battery storage

Lyon Group, JERA and Fluence have banded together to pursue further utility-scale battery storage development and investment opportunities in the Asia Pacific, including Australia. [Read more…]

Green Light For Wellington Solar + Storage Facility

Wellington Solar Farm

The town of Wellington in New South Wales will soon have a new neighbour, a 174 megawatt solar farm that will also feature battery storage. [Read more…]

More Solar Components De-Listed By The CEC

Solar panel and inverter delistings

Australia’s Clean Energy Council has announced the de-listing from its Approved Products List of Samil Power solar inverters and TN Solar panels. [Read more…]

505kW Commercial Solar Project For Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula

Mornington Peninsula salad growers Hussey and Co. are set to have a 505kW solar power system installed at their Somerville facility with the assistance of an Environmental Upgrade Agreement (EUA). [Read more…]

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