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Does Mildura CPV solar farm offer a glimpse of the future?

cpv dishes

  Always great to bring our readers news of an Aussie breakthrough. However this week’s opening of Silex Systems’ massive CPV solar farm in Mildura, Victoria may prove to be more than just a cheery news item. Indeed it may offer a look at solar power’s future in the country. CPV is of course Concentrating […]

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Is solar advocacy about to enter a brand new phase?

i love solar t-shirt

  This week we take a detour from our usual rants to look at an interesting emerging overseas trend. The changing face of solar advocacy. Australia tends to follow most trends that start in the United States — some would say slavishly — so this recent article in the superb Grist magazine made me think […]

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Australia’s capital leads country in commercial solar

Canberra sign

The feverish activity in Canberra continues. Kevin Rudd (aka The Milky Bar Kid) is PM this week apparently. But we thought we’d pop down the road to the seat of the far more interesting ACT territory government for this week’s solar news. For it is here that Australian commercial solar history is being made. (See […]

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Think solar is expensive? Be glad you’re not American!

solar power info graphic

Our American friends may get dirt cheap Nike runners, Levis jeans and iTunes downloads compared to us Aussies, but at least we can get some comfort from the fact that our solar systems are a helluva lot cheaper than theirs! This infographic from those nice people at US site lineshapespace.com does a great job of spruiking the […]

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South Australia Feed In Tariff Ends In September. What you need to know.

graph of solar savings

If you’ve opened any South Australian newspapers recently you’ve probably seen adverts from solar power installers screaming about the “IMMINENT REDUCTION IN THE SOUTH AUSTRALIA FEED IN TARIFF!!!”. Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m not one to bombard you with pushy sales spiel, or use impending rebate cuts to pressure anyone into […]

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What does the Rudd return mean for solar power?

The big news in Australian politics during the week was of course the return of the Queensland kid, aka The Ruddster, The Nerdy One etc. The Machiavellian machinations of the Australian Labor Party which allowed the regurgitation of Kevin Rudd has done wonders to kick start a moribund election campaign, but what effect will this […]

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Can Solar Trade Wars Save The West’s Solar Manufacturing Industry?

EU fighting China

  While the ongoing dispute (AKA solar trade war) between Europe and China continues apace, an article caught your correspondent’s eye this week (and was posted in our popular Facebook Page if you’d like to comment). Perhaps the most interesting part of the article is what it hints at: the inevitable change in focus of […]

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Is community solar a way forward for the Australian solar industry?

community owned solar system

While our recent articles on big Aussie banks and respected mining services companies picking up the solar baton have been a huge encouragement for solar fans, news has been not as good lately in what passes for government (and alternative government) policy. Should we therefore be thinking of the burgeoning grass roots community solar movement as another way forward […]

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Is Commercial Solar Worth It? Ask This Mining Company…

a commercial solar system on a roof

  Hot on the heels of our posts last week about the amazing returns commercial solar can bestow upon savvy businesses and  Aussie bankers putting their hands in their pockets to support solar energy projects came the news that WA mining equipment company Diab Engineering has backed solar energy by installing a rooftop solar system […]

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The Shocking Truth About Commercial Solar

graph of solar returns

OK, I admit it –  that was a headline designed to get your attention if you own or operate a small or medium sized business (I’m also a sucker for bad puns). But it’s just that I feel the need to shout from the rooftops about the insane returns that SMEs can get from commercial […]

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