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Sunny Covers Now Shipping Newcastle-Made Inverter Shade-Box

Sunny Covers - inverter shading

Good ideas can come from little things. When solar installer Perry Borg wanted to protect customers’ inverter warranties with extra sun protection, he couldn’t really find what he wanted, so he decided to design and manufacture purpose-built protectors.

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Clean Energy Regulator 2021-2022 Compliance & Enforcement Priorities 

Clean Energy Regulator compliance

The agency tasked with the oversight of programs under Australia’s Renewable Energy Target has set out where it will focus its compliance and enforcement activities for the year ahead.

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Victorian Liberals Fire Up Over Big Battery Blaze

Victorian Big Battery fire - Tesla Megapack

Victoria’s Shadow Minister for Energy and Renewables isn’t impressed with the Andrews Labor Government’s handling of the Victorian Big Battery fire.

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Town Of Port Hedland Looks To Solar Power

Port Hedland, Western Australia

Western Australia’s Town of Port Hedland (council) looks set to jump on the solar energy bandwagon, with 2.6MW of projects on the cards.

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SolarEdge Announces Record Revenues

SolarEdge inverters

Israel-headquartered inverter and power optimiser manufacturer SolarEdge saw record revenues in both its solar and non-solar businesses in the second quarter.

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Australian Solar Systems Interest Index: August 2021

Australian Solar Systems Interest Index: August 2021

While winter and COVID may be putting a dampener on life in general, there was still lots of interest in busting electricity bills with home solar power in July.

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Jabiru Hybrid Renewable Project Powering Ahead

Jabiru Hybrid Renewable Energy Project

Clearing works have been completed for the construction of a new hybrid solar/storage/diesel power plant in the Northern Territory’s Jabiru.

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What Is 5-Minute Settlement And How Does It Help Batteries?

National Electricity Market - 5 minute settlement

On October 1st, Australia’s National Electricity Market is changing from 30-minute to 5-minute settlement. In this article, I’ll explain exactly what Australian households need to do to prepare for this event.

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String Inverters Vs Micro-Inverters: Which Is Better With Shade? It Depends…

String vs micro inverters - shade

The micro-inverter debate has been stirred with two YouTube videos looking at the marketing claim that microinverters outperform string inverters when solar panels are shaded.

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Victorian Big Battery Fire Update

Victorian Big Battery fire

Victoria’s Big Battery project has experienced a setback after a fire broke out in a Tesla Megapack unit at the project site on Friday morning.

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