Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) believe thinner solar cells are the key to even cheaper solar panels and scaling up production.
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Loddon Shire Council To Decide On Solar Farm
A meeting of Loddon Shire councillors this afternoon may decide the fate of a proposed BayWa r.e. solar energy project not far from Bendigo in Victoria.
[Continue reading…]SolarQuotes’ New Retail Electricity Plan Comparison Tool Can Save You Money — It Let Me Afford Pizza
I’m paying way too much for electricity. It’s driving me broke! Financially I was doing okay until I told everyone I’d buy them pizza and it end up costing me $90. How can pizza cost $90? It’s dough, tomato sauce, ham, pineapple, and maybe some corn if you’re Japanese. How can that be $90? We […]
[Continue reading…]Solar Panels Installed For Kimberley Coast Community
160kW of solar capacity has been installed on the rooftops of several community buildings in the remote community of Bidyadanga.
[Continue reading…]Better Batteries With Relectrify’s BMS+Inverter
Melbourne-based Relectrify has officially launched a battery management system (BMS) it says can boost lithium-ion battery service life by as much a third and reduce cost by up to half compared to other market-leading tech.
[Continue reading…]Sungrow Crabby With Researcher Over Inverter Security Vulnerability Disclosure
Update: patch available – see end of story A few months after I wrote about security in the home renewables space, a Brisbane engineer bought a Sungrow SH5k-20 inverter, decided to “poke around”, and claims to have turned up a crop of serious security vulnerabilities.
[Continue reading…]More Off-Grid Solar + Energy Storage For The Bush?
The bushfire crisis has some electricity distributors thinking more about utilising solar power and battery storage.
[Continue reading…]Scumbags Steal Solar Panels From Fire Lookout Tower
Low-life, degenerate pus buckets have stolen solar panels that could help save lives from a site near Gympie in Queensland.
[Continue reading…]JinkoSolar Boasts Bifacial Panel Conversion Efficiency Record
Solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar has staked a claim for achieving the highest conversion efficiency in bifacial panels to date.
[Continue reading…]SA Energy Minister Praises Bonney Big Battery
South Australia’s Minister for Energy and Mining Dan “The Battery Man” van Holst Pellekaan is pretty excited about Infigen Energy’s Lake Bonney big battery.
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