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Another SA Water Solar + Battery Storage Installation

SA Water Aldinga - solar energy

A wastewater treatment plant in Adelaide’s southern suburbs is the latest SA Water asset to have a renewable energy makeover. [Read more…]

“Interest-Free” Solar And Battery Bundles – What You Should Know

Interest free solar

Zero interest finance solar power and battery storage deals can be tempting – but crunch the numbers and shop around to see if you can get a better deal. [Read more…]

Solar Export Tariff Draft Guidelines Released

Solar export tariff guidelines - Australia

Draft guidelines for solar export tariffs – a potential charge for exporting electricity into the grid – have been released for comment; and no doubt there will be plenty. [Read more…]

A Truly Solar Powered Website

Low Tech Magazine solar powered website

Whether you’ll be able to visit this interesting website will depend on how sunny it’s been in recent days. [Read more…]

Don’t Install A Smaller Solar System To Get A Higher Feed In Tariff. Here’s Why..

Solar feed in tariffs and system size limits

Finding a high feed-in tariff is becoming harder. Our feed-in-tariff comparison tool makes the job easier, but increasingly electricity retailers are putting system size limits on their most generous solar feed-in rates. [Read more…]

Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day, But Solar Farms Can Be

Clever Australian solar power technology enables the rapid deployment – and redeployment if required – of solar panels for large-scale installations. See the 5B Maverick system at work. [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…]

sonnenBatterie Evo. Finally! A Decent Battery From sonnen.

sonnenBatterie EVO battery review

The sonnenBatterie Evo. You could install it in the middle of a field – but think of the voltage-rise!

Just the other day, Finn was having a whinge about sonnen batteries.  He mentioned a few problems the current sonnenBatterie Eco has: [Read more…]

Environment Victoria Pulls Pin On Powershop Partnership

Environment Victoria and Powershop

Fossil fuel major Shell’s acquisition of clean and green electricity retailer Powershop has resulted in Environment Victoria dropping its Powershop partnership like a hot potato. [Read more…]

Buying A Battery Without Solar Is No Longer A Crazy Idea

Is a home battery without solar panels worth buying?

SA’s New Solar Sponge Tariffs Can Make Home Batteries Without Solar Panels Pay

South Australia has a lot of solar.  Relative to total generation it’s well ahead of any other state. 

All this solar power reduces daytime wholesale electricity prices.  This is a good thing.  Not only is solar energy clean, it cuts costs for homes and businesses. [Read more…]

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