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WA Solar Power: a template for the future of energy in Australia

A recent study underlining the popularity of rooftop solar in WA has given Australians a glimpse into the country’s solar-driven energy future. For a survey conducted by Curtin University that has everyone talking is the one that shows power generated from rooftop solar systems in the state’s South-West Interconnected System (SWIS) produce as much energy as the […]

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New Year kicks off more solar cell efficiency gains

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Will 2016 see the beginning of the end for fossil fuels in the wake of the rise and rise of green energy? Many commentators are saying this is the case and if solar cell efficiency gains are any indication, they have a good case.

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Trina Solar Panels deliver (yet another) efficiency record

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Trina Solar panels look set for a big 2016 with news that the company has achieved yet another solar cell efficiency record. Fresh from trouncing its previous record for efficiency for a p-type polycrystalline silicon solar cell, Trina Solar announced last week they had achieved an efficiency of 22.13 percent for a 156 x 156mm² […]

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Up and away: high altitude solar balloons ready for take off

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High altitude solar balloons deployed where clouds won’t interfere with their output may be the stuff of science fiction. But are they? At least one reputable research house thinks this is where solar panels should be, saving space used for solar farms for much needed agricultural land. All while more than doubling solar conversion efficiency.

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Paris climate talks: out of weasel words comes light at the end of the tunnel

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What do you think about the hoopla surrounding the signing of the Paris Climate Talks agreement readers? Happy? Deflated? A sense of the same old, same old? Or a new beginning for the planet?

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Goldman Sachs report recommends investors back renewables

Goldman Sachs divides opinion. There are those who say the financial behemoth may have engineered — and certainly profited from — the 2008/2009 Global Financial Crisis. However backers insist that the investment giant is an example of good old fashioned American “get up and go” and what’s a few billion between friends/taxpayers anyway. But this […]

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Tesla Powerwall vs. Enphase AC Battery

powerwall and Enphase AC battery

In terms of good marketing in Australia, two batteries stand head and shoulders above the rest in Australia right now: the Tesla Powerwall and Enphase AC battery. Both of which are due for mainstream release in 2016. (There are lots of alternative batteries around – many of which are worth considering – but this article is […]

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Do solar panels increase house value? 85 percent of Aussies think so

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  Australians overwhelmingly believe solar panels increase house value, according to joint research carried out earlier this year by Origin Energy and RealEstate.com.au and their optimism is backed by a number of surveys. The Origin/RealEstate research found that 85 percent of respondents believe that having solar panels adds value to the home. Having a PV […]

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New Sunpower solar panels to go from ‘crazy expensive’ to ‘expensive’.

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When SunPower talks, the solar market listens. This was the case this week as one of the globe’s leading PV manufacturers released their new line of SunPower solar panels. The company also gave financial forecasts for 2016, when it expects to “achieve revenue of $3.3 billion to $3.5 billion and gigawatts deployed in the range […]

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New Trina solar cell efficiency record smashes previous mark

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One year after setting the world record, the world’s largest Tier 1 solar panel manufacturer Trina Solar has done it again. The new benchmark for Trina solar cell efficiency for a p-type polycrystalline silicon solar cell has skyrocketed from 20.76 percent to 21.25 percent.

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