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The New South Wales Government wants to make it easier to install battery storage and commercial-scale solar energy systems – and is inviting feedback on proposed planning policy changes. [Read more…]

Rooftop solar penetration has reached a stage in Australia where big decisions need to be made by electricity distribution network businesses says the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC). [Read more…]

Solar battery manufacturer Alpha-ESS is pumping up production at a new assembly plant in Adelaide’s south and also partnering in a new virtual power plant (VPP). [Read more…]

Solar panel manufacturing giant JinkoSolar is among a bunch of companies that have recently signed on to the RE100 initiative. [Read more…]

LG is showing off its latest AC solar panel – and this one doesn’t have an Enphase microinverter on the back. [Read more…]

South Australia’s Marshall Government has taken the wraps off its plan for making the state a major green hydrogen producer and exporter. [Read more…]

SQ cops a cranky caller, getting the most from solar power, concerns over the CEC’s Approved Solar Retailer Scheme and more. [Read more…]

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The ACT Government has announced the builder of the Territory’s second zero-emissions school, and says detailed design work for construction has already begun. [Read more…]

Victoria’s Yarra City Council recently acquired an electric tipper truck, said to be the first of its type in Australia. [Read more…]

There are many references to solar power in the Northern Territory Government’s Draft Climate Change Response, but it treads super-lightly on the topic of hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking. [Read more…]