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Jinko Solar And SunPower Announce Panel Supply Deals

Jinko Solar and SunPower

Module manufacturers Jinko Solar and SunPower are continuing to power ahead, with both companies announcing major panel supply deals.

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Aquion Energy Back In The Salt Water Battery Business

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U.S. battery company Aquion Energy has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy status with new owners at the helm and renewed confidence in its future.

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Can An Installer Change The Quoted Price Of My Solar System?

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I’m going to ask you to imagine preparing to buy a rooftop solar system.  I want you to see yourself working hard, saving your money, doing your research, and getting yourself some quotes.  After careful consideration, you decide upon an installer, sign the contract, and transfer a 10% deposit to them.  At that point you […]

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Producing Food From Air With Solar Power

Solar power in food production

Researchers in Finland have created a protein-rich food using electricity and carbon dioxide, with help from microbes – a process that could be solar powered.

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Solar Panels Helping To Power More Remote NT Communities

SETuP - Northern Territory

The Northern Territory Government has announced commissioning completion of 3.325 MW of solar power capacity in ten remote Aboriginal communities.

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Solar + Storage Proposed For Lindeman Island Resort Redevelopment

Solar power and storage for Lindeman Island

Redevelopment of Queensland’s Lindeman Island Resort could incorporate a significant level of solar power and battery storage according to a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) released on the weekend. Lindeman Island’s resort has been out of action since 2012, following substantial damage wreaked by Cyclone Yasi in 2011.  

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Sunshine Coast Solar Farm Connected To The Grid

Sunshine Coast solar farm

Grid connection of the 15MW Sunshine Coast Solar Farm in Queensland on the weekend marks a couple of firsts in Australia.

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WA’s City of Kwinana Saving With Solar Power

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The City of Kwinana in Western Australia recently installed 384 solar panels on the Darius Wells Library and Resource Centre.

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SolarEdge HD Wave Review:  The World’s Smallest And Most Efficient String Inverter

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It’s An Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny, SolarEdge, HD Wave String Inverter… SolarEdge, an Israeli company, has produced the HD Wave — the world’s smallest string inverter.  By size, this little cracker takes more DC than any inverter out there.  Not only that, but it grabs DC, uses its funky HD wave technology on it, and […]

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STC Prices Plummet – The Impact On Australia’s Solar Subsidy

STC values impacting Australia's solar subsidy

A sudden reduction in the value of certificates upon which solar subsidies in Australia are based has resulted in some solar companies needing to re-issue recent quotes.

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