Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

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Victoria’s Essential Services Commission has published its final decision for minimum solar feed-in tariffs to apply from July this year, which will see electricity retailers being able to pay a single rate or time varying tariffs to solar owners. [Read more…]

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Enough rooftop solar panels were installed in Australia during January to power 31,752 homes according the latest Green Energy Markets Renewable Energy Index (REI). [Read more…]

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An open letter to the Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing in the NT and the Territory’s Government states development of onshore shale gas and shale oil fields should not proceed – under any circumstances. [Read more…]

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Mastercard and M-KOPA have partnered on a program to expand pay-as-you-go solar power access to households without mains electricity in Africa. [Read more…]

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2018 will see Australia’s University of Newcastle (UON) boost its solar power street cred significantly with more PV to be installed at its Callaghan and Ourimbah campuses. [Read more…]

The Clean Energy Council has announced de-listing of two inverter brands from its Approved Products List – Shenzhen Sofarsolar (Mass Energy) and Shenzhen JingFuYuan Tech (JFY). [Read more…]

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A planned major solar farm has generated both enthusiasm and concern in the Warwick area, a situation that may hold some lessons for solar developers. [Read more…]

German energy storage giant sonnen plans to establish a battery manufacturing centre in Adelaide that will produce 50,000 home systems over five years. [Read more…]

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Yet another renewable energy related election commitment – this time Premier Jay Weatherill has announced a $100 million no-interest loans scheme to assist households in the purchase of solar power and/or battery systems if Labor is returned to office in SA. [Read more…]