Apartment Solar In ACT: $50,000 Rebate Announced

apartments in Canberra

Solar PV on apartment buildings is a persistent conundrum because the roof ownership is shared. [Read more…]

LG and Solar Service Guys Respond to Data Breach Allegations

email send key

LG Energy Solution Australia has moved to reassure resellers caught up in its long-running battery recall that their data has not been subject to a data breach. [Read more…]

Transgrid Says More Renewables Is The Only Way To Bring Energy Prices Down

Transgrid CEO Brett Redman says bringing renewables online as quickly as possible is

“the only way to bring energy prices down”.

 

“With over 80 per cent of coal-fired capacity in NSW expected to retire and 28GW of new renewable and storage capacity coming online in the next 10 years, we must urgently accelerate the investment in all areas of the energy transition.”

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NSW Govt VPP Gets Closer: More Sites Get Smart Batteries

a smart batteries installed in a key government building

Image: Property and Development NSW

In March, we covered the launch of a big battery at Port Macquarie Base Hospital, which was installed as part of the NSW state government’s Smart Batteries for Key Government Buildings initiative. [Read more…]

US Cyber Security Agency Issues Warning About Enphase Envoy, Installer App

a hacker with an Enphase Envoy

SolarQuotes readers may not be familiar with America’s Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), so let me introduce you: CISA is the operational lead for American cybersecurity, collaborating with other organisations like the National Security Agency, the FBI, and international cyber security agencies. [Read more…]

More Customers Take the Hit: EnergyAustralia’s Prices to Rise

calculator, credit card and electricity bills

EnergyAustralia has announced its 2023 Default Market Offer (DMO), Victorian Default Offer (VDO) and Variable Market contract price increases. [Read more…]

At Long Last: Enphase Taking Aussie Orders for IQ8 Microinverters

enphase IQ8HC microinverter

Last April, we wrote that the long, long-awaited Enphase IQ8 microinverter was due to land in Australia – by the second quarter of this year. [Read more…]

Brace Yourself: AGL, Origin Energy Bills Set to Explode

paper energy bills

Weeks after the Australian Energy Regulator revealed price hikes for Ausgrid, Essential, Endeavour, Energex and SAPN customers, retailers AGL and Origin have announced their own price rises. [Read more…]

Trina Lays Out Path To 30% Solar Cell Efficiency

chart showing Trina's solar cell efficiency progress over time

This is interesting: not just a new module technology from Trina Solar, but one with a pathway to 30% cell efficiency.

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RayGen and Alfa Laval Push the Limits of Solar Efficiency In Victoria

raygen mirror arrays

RayGen is building a concentrator-style PV power plant in Victoria with thermal storage, and incredible claimed efficiency, and they’ve picked Alfa Laval to provide the heat exchangers. [Read more…]

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