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First Fully Thai-Made Redflow Batteries Roll Off Production Line

Redflow battery manufacturing in Thailand

Australian energy storage company Redflow says it is on schedule to start commercial production of complete ZBM2 zinc-bromine flow batteries in Thailand by June. [Read more…]

JinkoSolar’s Stellar Solar Panel Shipment Tally

jinko solar panels

JinkoSolar recently announced it had shipped a very impressive 9,807 MW of solar panel capacity in 2017, a 47.3% increase on 2016 – and the company expects to better last year’s figure in 2018. [Read more…]

Opal Storage Review: Beware Short Cabinet Warranty And Unrealistic Savings

ronald and opal storage battery unit

Professor of Archaeology, expert on the occult, and how does one say it… reviewer of steel battery boxes.

Opal Solar is a brand owned by the Australian solar wholesaler Solar Juice.  Last December they launched Opal Storage, an “all-in-one” home battery system. [Read more…]

NSW Labor Pledges Cooler Schools, Powered By Solar Panels

Cooler schools and solar panels

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NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley has announced a Labor government will divert hundreds of millions of dollars destined for the controversial Sydney stadiums project to provide air-conditioning for the State’s public schools, the electricity for which will be offset by solar panels. [Read more…]

10,000 March In Sydney To Demand A Clean Energy Future

Time2Choose rally, Sydney, New South Wales

Thousands marched on NSW Parliament and through the streets of Sydney on Saturday to put all politicians on notice that it’s time to choose clean energy over coal. [Read more…]

Queensland’s Solar For Public Housing Trial Update

The Queensland Government has announced close to 500 households in the state are now benefiting from its solar energy for public housing rollout. [Read more…]

IPART Signals Benchmark NSW Solar Feed In Tariff Reduction, But…

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal has indicated it’s considering reducing benchmark solar feed in tariff rates in New South Wales from July – but bear in mind, the rates it sets are just a guide. [Read more…]

LG Solar Improves Warranties And Gives Mono X Panel The Boot

LG NeON2 warranty

LG’s more affordable panel range, the NeON2, has gone from a 12 to 15 year product warranty.

I like high quality panels.  I really do.  If a panel is well made, reliable, and comes with a full replacement warranty that’s something I appreciate.  Seeing panels go up on roofs that have a decent chance of lasting longer than I will makes me feel positive about the future.  Obviously not my future, but the future in general.

A major provider of high quality panels in Australia is South Korea’s LG Solar.  I only have good things to say about them.

No wait, that’s not true. [Read more…]

University Of Hawai’i Rolling Out More Solar Power And Battery Storage

University Of Hawai'i solar + storage

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The University of Hawai’i  says its Maui College campus will be among the first in the USA to source 100 percent of its energy from on-site solar power systems paired with battery storage – with other UH campuses to follow. [Read more…]

Work Begins On WA’s Northam Solar Farm

Northam Solar Farm Project

Carnegie CEO Michael Ottaviano; Cedric Jacobs, Elderr, Perth Noongar Foundation; and Ben Wyatt, Minister for Energy

A ground breaking ceremony was held yesterday for a solar farm project outside of Northam in Western Australia, which is expected to be operational by October this year. [Read more…]

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