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Enphase Q2 Results And IQ8 Microinverter Update

Enphase results and IQ8 microinverter status

Microinverter and battery storage manufacturer Enphase Energy reported another pretty good quarter. But what the fans (well, this guy anyway) really want to know is  – where the bloody hell is the IQ 8?

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More SA Home Battery Scheme Subsidy Changes Ahead

SA Home Battery Scheme subsidy

South Australians considering installing a home battery may want to make a purchase decision soon (but carefully).

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NSW, VIC, SA Solar Installation Status Update

COVID and solar installations

Solar installers in South Australia and Victoria have a busy time ahead, catching up on installations after lockdown.

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Another Callide Power Station Unit Back To Polluting 

Callide Power Station - Queensland

A third generating unit of Queensland’s black coal-burning Callide Power Station returned to service yesterday.

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CommBank Expands Low-Interest Green Loan Facility

Commbank Green Loan

More Commonwealth Bank home loan customers wanting to go solar but without the up-front cash to do are now eligible for the bank’s Green Loan.

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2021 Solar Panel Torture Testing: ET, & SunPower Do Well

PVEL 2021 PV Module Reliability Scorecard report

At the moment we’re locked down in Adelaide.  Because I’m no longer able to smuggle badgers across the border in my beard as I’d planned, I’m catching up on stuff I should have written about weeks or months ago.  One of these things is the PVEL 2021 Module Reliability Scorecard report that came out in […]

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People Power And Shoalhaven Solar Farm

Shoalhaven Solar Farm - Repower Shoalhaven

Site works have kicked off for New South Wales’ Shoalhaven Solar Farm, a project driven by community group Repower Shoalhaven.

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Waverley Council Sets 2030 Net Zero Emissions Target

Waverley Council net zero emissions

New South Wales’ Waverley Council committed to bringing forward its zero carbon emissions target by 20 years at its meeting last week.

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SA’s Walkerville Council Saving A Bundle With Solar

Town of Walkerville solar installation

Adelaide’s Walkerville Council looks set to achieve rapid payback on a solar power project.

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Solar Farms Do More Than Just Generate Clean Energy

Community benefits from solar farms

Beyond the clean electricity, jobs and associated economic activity, many solar farm projects provide other positive and ongoing benefits in their local communities.

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