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Drought, Heatwaves Pressure Solar Panel And Polysilicon Prices

Solar polysilicon prices

China’s solar manufacturing industry has experienced its share of challenges recently – and now drought and heatwave conditions in some parts of the country are taking their toll. [Read more…]

Solar For Strata Properties: 3 Easy Steps

Solar power for strata homes

Do you own a strata property and want solar power?

Then you’ve probably hit a giant roadblock: although you own the property, you probably don’t own the roof. And that’s a problem if you want to put panels on some of that roof.

Well, I have some good news for strata property owners. Installing solar on that shared roof could be easier than you think. [Read more…]

Canberra Battery Test Centre Final Report: Only 2 Of 26 Batteries Fault-Free

Canberra Battery Test Centre Final Report

For eight years, the Canberra Battery Test Centre lived up to its name and tested batteries. From 2016, they put 26 home batteries through their paces. If I had to sum up the results in a single word, it would be: [Read more…]

Cameron Park Community Battery Operational

Cameron Park Community Battery

Distributed Network Service Provider (DNSP) Ausgrid has taken the wraps off its Cameron Park Community Battery at Lake Macquarie in NSW; its third community battery on the east coast and the first outside Sydney. [Read more…]

The Australian Leapton Solar Panel Saga

Leapton Solar - Australia

Australians visiting a local Leapton Solar branded web site might come away from the experience believing the company is no longer operating here. That’s not the case. [Read more…]

Another Step Forward For Geurie Solar Farm

Geurie solar farm

New South Wales’ Western Regional Planning Panel has given its blessing – with conditions – to the development of a small solar farm incorporating battery storage in the Dubbo Regional Council area. [Read more…]

Inland Rail Taps Solar Power For Signalling

Inland Rail - solar panels

Australia’s largest freight rail infrastructure project is using solar panels and batteries to power signalling operations on part of the network. [Read more…]

AlphaESS Battery: A Warranty Struggle of Odyssean Proportions

Your shiny new solar power system has been installed. You can’t get the smile off your face as you show friends and family and smugly tell them about all the environmental benefits and the huge savings you’ll be making by providing your own electricity for years to come. [Read more…]

QLD Shopping Centres Switching To 100% Renewable Electricity

Wind and solar energy for Queensland Westfield shopping centres

Scentre Group has inked an agreement to source 100 per cent renewable electricity for its Queensland Westfield Living Centres – but it will be a couple of years before it kicks in. [Read more…]

Three Days Of Non-Insane Prices Spark Hope Wholesale Electricity Crisis Is Easing

For four months now, electricity prices in the eastern states have been crazy high. But they’ve cooled down in the last three days to the point where they’re now just high. [Read more…]

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