Solar Quotes Blog

Build It And They Will Come: Transmission Key To 100% Renewable Energy

transmission lines

If you wanted to block the expansion of renewable energy, a good place to start is to put bureaucratic roadblocks in the way of new, long distance electricity transmission infrastructure. Discussing his participation in last week’s 100% renewable energy workshop at ANU, the university’s Professor Andrew Blakers told SolarQuotes transmission is the biggest short-term problem […]

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SMA Says Their Inverter’s ShadeFix Software Reduces Effects Of Shade

SMA ShadeFix review

A couple of weeks go a reader asked me to write about ShadeFix.  ShadeFix is the software German manufacturer SMA include in their solar inverters.  This request made me feel a bit stupid because I had no idea what ShadeFix was.

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100% Renewables-Based Electricity For Telstra By 2025

Andrew Penn - Telstra - Renewable Energy

Telstra CEO Andrew Penn yesterday announced three new goals for the company relating to carbon emissions reduction and boosting renewable energy use.

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Canterbury Bankstown Council Seeking More Solar

Salt Pan Creek solar farm - Sydney

Sydney’s City of Canterbury Bankstown has kicked off an expression of interest process for the development of an urban solar farm within its boundaries.

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Tasmanian Government Sets New Renewable Energy Target

Renewable energy in Tasmana

Tasmanian Premier and Minister for Climate Change Peter Gutwein has again lifted the bar for his state’s renewable energy future.

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100% Renewables Is Hard – But 96% Is Easy Says Windlab’s David Osmond

96% Renewable Energy In Australia

A common delaying tactic of the enemies of our environment is to repeatedly remind us getting to 100% renewables, even for electricity generation, is difficult and expensive. 100% renewable is expensive, says Windlab’s David Osmond – but getting nearly all the way there, 96%, is easy and relatively cheap.

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FIMER Acquisition Of ABB’s Solar Inverter Business Complete

FIMER ABB inverter business acquisition

Italy’s FIMER has completed acquisition of ABB’s solar inverter business – and is eager to get cracking on next steps.

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Longi Supplies Panels For Huge Floating Solar Farm

Floating solar - Longi panels

Chinese solar panel manufacturer Longi has announced its modules have been used in a major floating solar energy project in China’s Hunan Province.

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Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – March 2020

Australian solar power report for February 2020

In our latest auSSII report we’ve added stats to answer the question everyone has been asking – what proportion of Australian solar buyers are interested in microinverters?

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NSW Solar + Battery Scheme Finally Kicks Off – Sort Of

NSW Empowering Homes

The NSW Government’s Empowering Homes scheme that offers interest-free loans for battery and solar-battery systems launched on Friday as a pilot program.

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