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EV V2G Rollout At Flinders University

EV V2G charging trial - Flinders University

Adelaide’s Flinders University will soon be powering its Bedford Park campus in the evenings with some added help from electric vehicles and V2G chargers.

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Australian Solar Prices: June 2022 Update

SolarQuotes Australian Solar Price ReportĀ  - June 2022

Which state had the cheapest solar power systems overall last month? Here’s a hint – the initials are WA. Discover what Australians across the country were paying for solar in May 2022.

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Solar Polysilicon Price Challenges Remain

Solar polysilicon prices

Polysilicon only makes up a small proportion of the weight of a conventional solar panel – but it’s a crucial material and one that has been pretty pricey over the past year.

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SA Electricity Prices And Solar Feed In Tariffs: What’s Happening?

ABC Radio's Sonya Feldhoff and SolarQuotes' Finn Peacock

As electricity prices in South Australia and across the country increase; solar is on the minds of many. SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock chatted with Sonya Feldhoff on ABC Radio Adelaide’s Afternoons program yesterday about the home solar power situation in SA.

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Final Days For Higher Solar Battery Rebate In Victoria

Victoria home battery rebate

Victoria’s solar battery rebate will see a significant reduction next week; but take a deep breath before racing off to buy a home battery.

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SA Home Battery Scheme Wind-Down: Update

South Australia Home Battery Scheme subsidy

The clock is ticking for South Australians keen on securing a significant subsidy on a home battery system.

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Large-Scale Battery For NT’s DKA Solar Centre

Rolls Royce battery - DKA Solar Centre

The Desert Knowledge Australia Solar Centre in Alice Springs is getting the Rolls-Royce of large-scale batteries – quite literally.

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AVL Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Project Update

VSUN E22 vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB)

A 300 kWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) earmarked for an Australian miner should be making its journey across the ocean soon – and a residential VRFB solution is still in the works.

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ESB NEM Capacity Mechanism Design: Reactions

ESB - capacity market mechanism design

The Energy Security Board has released its thoughts on a proposed capacity mechanism to help heal what ails the National Electricity Market.

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Fronius Study: Energy Payback Of Solar Is Under 1 Year In Australia

Fronius says Australian rooftop solar + inverter has CO2 & energy payback under one year. Last month, a huge, hulking Austrian handed me a physical report called:

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