If you are looking for the most efficient solar hot water system then solar PV panels powering a heat pump are hard to beat. While both the panels and heat pump will need to be proficient performers, it is possible for the combination to beat solar thermal hot water which is widely considered the most efficient […]
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Excitement is building in the small town of Yackandandah in northeast Victoria as it moves towards a fossil fuel-free energy future.
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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s attempts to keep an old coal fired power station in New South Wales operating past its use-by date has caused quite a stir.
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August saw a significant increase in the proportion of Australians wanting to install battery-ready PV systems according to the latest SolarQuotes Australian Solar System Interest Index (auSSII) report.
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Energy storage in the USA is a small but growing market according to SEPA’s 2017 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot – and many utilities have residential customers in their sights.
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A new solar PV project in Japan is combining electricity generation and agriculture, making the most of what was abandoned farmland.
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Update: since publishing this article commenters have made us aware of 3 other hot water diverters on the Australian market, the ‘Dimplex Free-E’ and, The Fronius OhmPilot and a unit from SolarEdge. We’ll add these to the comparison table as soon as we have enough info. If you know of any others let us know. I […]
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Photon Energy Australia has proposed construction of a 129 MW solar power plant near Bathurst in New South Wales and provided a progress update on its Suntop Solar Farm project.
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Update: This ‘proposed’ project didn’t – in the end – happen :-(. HT:Phil Maker A proposed Northern Territory aquaculture project of huge proportions that will utilise solar power has moved a step closer to reality.
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Thousands of regional Queensland households and businesses with large solar power systems installed will now be able to receive a solar feed in tariff (FiT).
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