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Another Road Incident Involving Solar Panels

Loose solar panels

This is something you don’t want to see come flying towards you on the road to wherever. It’s another case of improperly secured solar panels – but a different scenario.

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The STP And Going Solar In Australia In 2021

Small-scale Technology Percentage and solar in Australia

The Clean Energy Regulator has announced the Small-scale Technology Percentage (STP) for 2021 – here’s what that means for Australians considering going solar.

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UN Chief: Cancel All Coal Power Projects – Globally

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on coal power

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again called for an end to what he called the world’s deadly addiction to coal.

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Victorian Neighbourhood Battery Initiative, Community Power Hubs Open

Solar and battery storage in Victoria

The application periods for the Victorian Government’s $3 million Neighbourhood Battery Initiative (NBI) and $3.3 million expanded Community Power Hubs program are now open.

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More Solar Installations For Victorian Government Schools

Solar schools in Victoria

A total of 171 government schools across Victoria will have solar power systems installed through the Greener Government School Buildings program.

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GE Solar Inverter Debut In Australia

GE Solar Inverter

Australia is the first country where GE solar inverters are available, which are being manufactured by another inverter company.

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SolarQuotes TV Ep. 2 – EV Taxes, Electricity Prices, New Panels + More

SolarQuotes TV Episode 2

Australian governments putting the handbrake on EVs, we meet an Aussie adventurer with a taste for the finer things, South Australia goes from zero to hero with power prices, say hello to what is possibly the most powerful home solar panel to hit the Australian market to date, plus much more in SolarQuotes TV Episode […]

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How Much Solar Can You Install In The Endeavour Energy Network Area?

a big rooftop solar power system

Update July 1st 2021: After a commenter kindly informed me Endeavour does not require export limiting on properties with 3 phase power I wrote to Origin to clarify this and they confirmed in (email) writing, “That is correct, there is no export limit on 3 phase systems.”  While different from information I was given 4 […]

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It’s Time For All Solar Manufacturers To Take Cyber Security Seriously

With this week’s launch of the Internet of Things Alliance Australia’s (IoTAA) security awareness guides, this seems a good time to remind the solar industry that we’re part of the Internet of Things – and so far, we seem to take a pretty relaxed attitude to security.

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Victorian Minimum Feed-in Tariff Rates Drop From July 1

Victoria solar feed in tariff

While Victoria’s minimum feed in tariff rates will reduce from the beginning of July this year, solar panels will remain a solid investment.

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