Clarence Valley Council’s Big Solar + Battery Boost

South Grafton solar + battery installation

NSW’s Clarence Valley Council’s impressive new solar, battery storage and EV charger installation has been completed and is operational. [Read more…]

25 Years Of Sungrow Celebrated

Sungrow 25th Anniversary

From little things, big things grow. Chinese solar inverter and battery manufacturing giant Sungrow has formally celebrated its 25th anniversary. [Read more…]

Green Light For Byron Shire Council Solar Farm

Byron Shire Council Myocum solar farm

Are we there yet? Not quite. But Byron Shire Council’s proposed solar farm project for Myocum just moved another step closer. [Read more…]

Unleashing Renewable Energy Storage With Home Battery Subsidies?

Home battery subsidies in Australia

A Private Members Bill introduced in February aiming to make home batteries cheaper may have lapsed, but its spirit lives on in recent recommendations from the Smart Energy Council. [Read more…]

Solar Victoria Signals QR Code Scanning Crackdown

Customer QR Codes - Solar Victoria

It seems some solar installers have been naughty when it comes to customer QR code scanning practices under Victoria’s Solar Homes Program. [Read more…]

Darwin’s “Big Battery” Project Progresses

Darwin's Channel Island Power Station

Darwin’s Channel Island Power Station | Image source: Territory Generation

An important construction milestone has been reached for the Northern Territory’s Darwin-Katherine Battery Energy Storage System (DK BESS) project. [Read more…]

New Solar SPS Rollout In Esperance Soon

Solar stand-alone power systems in regional Western Australia

Esperance is to be the first area in regional Western Australia to benefit from another standalone power system (SPS, aka SAPS) rollout in the state. [Read more…]

Revealed: Electricity Network Reliability In Western Australia’s SWIN

Electricity network reliability in Western Australia

WA’s Western Power recently added an interesting new electricity network reliability section to its website. [Read more…]

Australian Solar Prices: November 2022 Update

SolarQuotes Australian Solar Price Report  - November 2022

Did the cost of fully installed home solar power systems in Australia go up or drop in October 2022? Find out in SolarQuotes’ latest solar price report. [Read more…]

Coal Booster Ian Off Anna’s Xmas List

Ian Macfarlane - Coal

Annastacia Palaszczuk is keeping a list of who’s naughty or nice, and Queensland Resources Council’s Ian Macfarlane can expect a lump of coal in his stocking. He’d be completely fine with that. [Read more…]

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