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Big Bucks For Big Batteries In Australia

Grid scale battery funding - ARENA

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a $100 million competitive funding round for grid scale batteries. [Read more…]

Geelong Joins Cities Race To Zero

Solar power in Geelong

The City of Greater Geelong is signing on to the United Nations’ Cities Race to Zero climate action campaign. [Read more…]

Shonky Solar Begone? New Australian Regulations Become Law

Rooftop solar regulations in Australia

New laws governing rooftop solar will help level the playing field and provide Australians buying solar power systems better protections. [Read more…]

Solar And Battery Powered Pimpama Sports Hub Opens

Pimpama Sports Hub - solar panels and battery storage

Close to two thousand solar panels and a battery system are helping to power the newly opened Pimpama Sports Hub on Queensland’s Gold Coast. [Read more…]

Wraps Off The “World’s Largest” Solar Powered Battery

FPL solar powered battery facility

Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) has unveiled what it says is the world’s largest operational solar-powered battery installation in an event with lasers and drones – as you do when officially launching a completed energy storage project. [Read more…]

Solar Victoria Virtual Power Plant Pilot Program Launch

Solar Victoria VPP pilot - solar battery rebate

Victoria’s Solar Homes Program battery rebate stream has expanded to offer a boosted Virtual Power Plant (VPP) option. [Read more…]

Solar Gardens And Community Batteries: What Australians Think

Solar gardens and community batteries

A new survey report reveals Australian energy consumer attitudes towards community-based forms of electricity generation and storage. [Read more…]

Another Australian Solar Panel Manufacturer Soon?

Australian-made solar panels

A company intending to produce solar panels is among the latest to have signed on to establish activities at Lansdown Eco-Industrial Precinct near Toowoomba. [Read more…]

Solar Inverter Integrated DC Isolator Mayhem Continues

Solar inverters and integrated DC isolators in Australia

Solar installers and inverter manufacturers are tearing their hair out over a spanner thrown into the works relating to new inverter standards in Australia. And the clock is ticking. [Read more…]

Solar Power Program Still Helping Bushfire Affected Communities 

REConstruct solar program

An initiative to supply community organisations affected by the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires with free solar power systems is continuing to work away at getting panels onto rooftops. [Read more…]

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