The proliferation of grid-connected household solar PV/inverter systems poses a potential cyber-security risk, electricity providers have warned the federal government. [Read more…]
CEC Pushes To Add Home Batteries To Solar Rebate Scheme
The Clean Energy Council has responded to South Australia’s Green Paper on the Energy Transition, calling for a home battery rebate and better national technical standards for initiatives such as dynamic solar exports. [Read more…]
Auto Giants Back V2G Via Smart Cars & Dumb Chargers
Three heavyweights of the automotive industry – Honda, Ford and BMW – say they want to address one of the barriers to Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology: a lack of technical standardisation. [Read more…]
$1.8 Billion Transmission & Battery Investment Promise for NSW
Given AEMO’s warning last week that Australia’s renewables rollout is lagging, this is timely: the NSW State Government is putting $800 million into its Transmission Acceleration Facility to speed up the transmission build between its Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) and the state’s grid. [Read more…]
$2,800 Victorian Apartment Solar Grants Announced
The Victorian government, with backing from the federal government, is expanding access to solar power for apartment owners and renters. [Read more…]
Mission Australia Gets Help To Install Solar On Community Housing
Mission Australia social housing in Frankston. Image: Mission Australia
Mission Australia and Great Southern Bank have put together a sustainable housing partnership that will include solar power system installations for Mission’s community housing properties. [Read more…]
Tesla Drop Advertised Powerwall Price By $800
Update Sep 6 2023: My mistake – Tesla updated the price on the website a couple of months ago – not this week – to $12,100 and I missed it at the time. I’ve updated the post and the price guidance for installed systems to reflect this. [Read more…]
Proposed “Screen Scraping” Ban Could Affect EV, Solar & Battery Owners
Over in the financial sector, there is a development that has implications that we in the renewable energy space – particularly in the world of electric vehicles – should pay attention to. [Read more…]
EV Council Slams SA’s Proposed Charging Tariff as Australia’s Worst
The Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) is once again opposing a distributed network service provider’s tariff plans on the basis that it discourages high-power EV charging. [Read more…]
Good Behaviour Bond For Solar Installer Over False Statements
A solar installer has been given a 12 month good behaviour bond and had his Clean Energy Council accreditation revoked after being investigated by the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) for making false claims that netted him $60,000. [Read more…]
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