Labor’s Power Bill Rebates Could Have Electrified 600,000 Homes

Australia's electricity bill rebate debate

Further power bill rebates in tonight’s federal budget brings the total amount of energy cost relief to $6.8bn under the Albanese government — which would have been enough to embark on the electrification of over 600,000 households, new analysis reveals.
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More Power Bill Relief On Its Way For Australians

Australian electricity bill rebates

Every Australian household and around a million small businesses will be provided additional electricity bill rebates by the end of this year – and the Coalition is on board. [Read more…]

WA Home Battery Rebate: New Details Revealed

WA Residential Battery Scheme

Now the dust has settled after Western Australia’s state election, a little more detail has provided about the Cook Government’s upcoming WA Residential Battery Scheme. [Read more…]

DNSPs Grilled On NSW Emergency Backstop For Solar

NSW Emergency Backstop Mechanism Q&A session

Electricity distributors in New South Wales could soon have the ability to remotely limit or switch off exports from rooftop solar power systems. The prospect has set NSW’s solar industry on edge – and for good reason. [Read more…]

Australian Home Battery Uptake Accelerates

Home solar battery statistics - Australia

Installations of home battery systems jumped 55% in the second half of last year, and 28.4% of solar installations were accompanied by storage, states a new report. [Read more…]

Study Finds Solar Panel Power Output Often Less Than Promised

Solar panel output study

Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have revealed a recent trend of solar panel outputs often being less than nameplate rating. It may not be by much, but that’s not the point. [Read more…]

More Power Price Pain Ahead For Many Australians

Electricity pricing in Australia

Draft determinations for default electricity offer pricing for 2025/26 have been announced for South East Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria for 2025/26. Here’s what’s on the cards. [Read more…]

Flexible Solar Exports: SAPN Pushes Compliance, And SWER Hope

Flexible solar exports in South Australia

South Australia’s SA Power Networks (SAPN) is looking into the possibility of offering flexible export options to SWER customers, and tapped installers on the shoulder concerning flexible solar exports compliance generally.
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Germany’s Aleo Solar Shuttering Panel Production Plant

Aleo solar closing panel factory

Another one bites the dust. One of Germany’s last solar panel manufacturing plants is being shut down in the face of ongoing price pressure. [Read more…]

Salvos’ Neighbourhood Batteries To Bring Broader Benefits

100 Neighbourhood Batteries Program - Victoria

Twenty-two Salvation Army sites in Victoria are among sixty-five more locations across the state to have energy storage installed under the Victorian government’s neighbourhood battery initiative. [Read more…]

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