The world is flooded with stories about lithium battery fires (more frequently in consumer gadgets than in electric vehicles), putting a premium on battery safety research. [Read more…]
About Richard ChirgwinJoining the SolarQuotes blog team in 2019, Richard is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience covering a wide range of technology topics, including electronics, telecommunications, computing, science and solar. When not writing for us, he runs a solar-powered off-grid eco-resort in NSW’s blue mountains. Read Richard's full bio.
Tritium Chargers Getting Simpler: No Card-Tap Needed
Brisbane-based charger manufacturer Tritium is taking the tap-to-pay step out of electric vehicle charging, with a Plug and Charge feature called Autocharge. [Read more…]
Another Solar Efficiency Record for LONGi
Less than two months after setting a 33.9% efficiency record for crystalline silicon-perovskite (CSP) tandem cells, LONGi is back with another record claim. [Read more…]
Trina’s Plan: Bring Two Million Solar Panels To Australia In 3 Years
Trina solar panels installed by Clean Earth Solar.
Trina Solar has beefed up its channel arrangement with Aussie distributor Solar Juice, with the two outfits signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to bring 1GW of Trina’s Vertex modules into Australia over three years. [Read more…]
Queensland’s 2024 Battery Rebates Could Give 5 Year Battery Payback
A pair of Powerwalls in Toowoomba, QLD. (Installation Credit: Green Solar)
Update 12 Feb 2024: The Queensland Battery Rebate is live.
Update 24 Apr 2024: The Battery Booster Program will end at 11:59 pm on 8 May 2024.
With the resignation of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk providing a first-rate distraction, Queensland last week joined the ranks of Australian states supporting home solar battery storage with a rebate program. [Read more…]
Victoria Proposes 3.3 Cent Minimum Feed In Tariff
Victorians with solar power will get less for their exports if a draft determination by the Essential Services Commission goes ahead: the commission wants to cut another 33 per cent off the state’s feed-in tariff by July 2024. [Read more…]
Breaking the $140 Barrier: BNEF Reports Record Low Battery Prices
A still From Tesla’s battery manufacturing video.
Battery prices have begun falling again after rising during 2022, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). [Read more…]
Northvolt’s Revolutionary Sodium-Ion Battery Packs Serious Punch
Sweden’s Northvolt is touting a specific energy of 160 watt-hours per kilogram for its newly announced sodium-ion battery cell. [Read more…]
LG Battery Recall: 6000 Batteries Yet To Be Located
LG’s battery recall saga rolls on, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recommending to Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones that he issue a national product safety notice for the solar storage units. [Read more…]
LONGi Claims 33.9% Solar Cell Efficiency Record
It doesn’t quite rate a “record tumbles” headline, but LONGi has added a couple of extra points to solar cell efficiency: its crystalline silicon-perovskite (CSP) tandem cells have set a world record efficiency of 33.9 percent. [Read more…]
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