Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

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…]

SolarEdge Clarifies Energy Storage Division Exit

SolarEdge battery storage

An announcement from SolarEdge had some scratching their heads over the future of the firm’s involvement in battery storage. Here’s what’s happening. [Read more…]

The Maxeon Solar Saga Continues With Strategy Shift

Maxeon Solar Technologies

Premium PV panel manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies has had quite a year – and like the year, the Maxeon saga ain’t over just yet. [Read more…]

AANT Powers Up Mobile EV Charging Service

AANT mobile EV charging

The Automobile Association of the Northern Territory (AANT) recently launched its first mobile charging solution for Darwin EV drivers caught out. [Read more…]

Are Bifacial Solar Panels For Residential Rooftops Worth It?

Bifacial panels on home rooftops

More solar panel manufacturers are cranking out bifacial modules these days and the price gap is closing. But are they worth installing on your home’s rooftop? [Read more…]

Winaico Struts Its Ethical Solar Stuff

Winaico SA8000 certification

Taiwan-headquartered solar panel manufacturer Winaico recently achieved an important certification related to social accountability. [Read more…]

Solar Installation Firm Called Out For Alleged “Dubious Practices”

Sunboost Energy Pty Ltd complaints

In the Northern Territory, Consumer Affairs and NT WorkSafe have urged Territorians to be wary of promotional material from an interstate solar installation firm after reports of alleged dodgy behaviour from across the border. [Read more…]

Federal Funding Supports Home-Grown Solar-Sharing Tech

Allume Energy SolShare

Melbourne’s Allume Energy has been awarded a significant grant for its solar-sharing technology through the Federal Government’s Industry Growth Program. [Read more…]

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