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Pigeon-Proofing Solar Panels

Stopping pigeons getting under solar panels

Pigeons are a pesky creature when it comes to solar panels, not just because of their pooping on top, but what can go on underneath.

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Australian Solar Design Tool Adds Remote Shading Analysis

remote shade analysis

Some of you will be aware of — or be users of — Pylon’s solar design and quoting tool: Pylon Observer. This year, the company announced an important new tool as part of Observer – remote solar shading analysis.

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AEMC Responds To “Solar Tax” Confusion And Misinformation

AEMC sun tax

The Australian Energy Market Commission has copped some undeserved flak over its proposals to help ensure many Australians can benefit more from installing solar panels well into the future.

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REC Launches TwinPeak 4 Solar Panels

REC TwinPeak 4 solar panels

Solar panel manufacturer REC has announced the 4th generation of its TwinPeak series is starting production this month and will be potentially available from July/August.

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Solar Energy Helping To Power Two More Vicinity Shopping Centres

Vicinity Centres - solar energy

Two more major rooftop solar installations part of Vicinity Centres’ $73.2 million PV rollout are now operational – one in Queensland and the other in Western Australia.

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Maxeon Air: Frameless, Lightweight Stick-On Solar Panels

Maxeon Air solar panels

Maxeon Solar Technologies has provided a peek at what it calls a “disruptive technology platform” – Maxeon Air solar panels.

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School Strike 4 Climate + Not Business As Usual This Friday

School Strike 4 Climate

Two actions on Friday aim to send (yet another) clear message to the Morrison Government that clinging to fossil fuels is simply not on in what needs to be a net-zero world.

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SA Switch For Solar Initiative Switches On

Switch for Solar - South Australia

Over the next year, a thousand South Australian concession holder households are to have free (or almost free) rooftop solar power systems installed by trading in their concession payments.

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Rooftop Solar Continues Assault On Wholesale Electricity Prices

Solar energy and wholesale electricity prices

The Australian Energy Regulator again confirms the role rooftop solar power system owners are playing in in slashing wholesale electricity prices.

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator Launches Whistleblower App

Clean Energy Regulator - solar installation compliance

The agency tasked with oversight of Australia’s various renewable energy schemes – including the one that underpins Australia’s solar rebate – has added another tool to deter and detect dodginess.

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