Canadian Solar Exceeds Q2 2024 Panel Shipment Forecast

Canadian Solar shipments Q2 2024

Despite challenging market conditions, Canadian Solar bettered previous guidance on solar panel shipments in the second quarter of this year according to the firm’s latest financial report. [Read more…]

Proposed Changes Seek To Stop Smart Meter Shenanigans

Smart meters - Australian consumer protections

Australian households getting a smart meter installed will have better protection from electricity retailers behaving badly under proposed changes from the AEMC. [Read more…]

Tesla App’s “Charge On Solar” Hits Prime Time In Australia

Tesla Charge on Solar

After a trial run, the Tesla app’s Charge on Solar feature is now available to all Australian owners of a Powerwall and compatible Tesla electric vehicles – and it should work with any hard-wired home EV charger. [Read more…]

Westpac Launching Low-Interest Sustainable Home Upgrades Loans

Westpac energy efficiency loans

The first low-interest bank loans supported by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s (CEFC’s) Household Energy Upgrades Fund (HEUF) will be available from next week to eligible Westpac home loan customers. [Read more…]

Origin’s Loop Virtual Power Plant Reaches 329,000+ Devices

Origin Loop VPP

Origin Energy’s “Loop” VPP grew significantly in the last financial year according to the company’s 2024 Annual Report released last week. [Read more…]

South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant Scores Award

SA VPP

A VPP project installing Tesla Powerwall batteries at SA Housing Trust and community housing provider homes picked up an award early this month. [Read more…]

WA’s Smart Connect Solar Rollout Done And Dusted

Smart Connect Solar - Western Australia

Home solar installation permission knockbacks should now be a thing of the past in regional Western Australia after the final phase of Horizon Power’s Smart Connect Solar initiative rolled out well ahead of schedule. [Read more…]

Energy Efficiency: New Australian Homes Performing Better Than Ever

Air tightness testing in Australian home

New homes in Australia are more comfortable and have lower energy bills as a result of marked improvements in air tightness says the CSIRO. [Read more…]

Top Solar Inverter Shippers Of 2023 Unveiled

Solar inverter shipments in 2023

The top 10 PV inverter manufacturers accounted for 81% of the global market last year, and two captured more than 50% says Wood Mackenzie. [Read more…]

Victorian Government Celebrates Solar Homes Success

Victoria's Solar Homes program

350,000 solar panel, hot water, and battery systems have been installed with the support of rebates and interest-free loans under Victoria’s Solar Homes program says the Allan Labor Government. [Read more…]

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