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CEC To Duke It Out For Approved Solar Product Listing Role

Australian approved solar products listings

Australia’s Clean Energy Council (CEC) has signalled it wishes to continue in its role of keeper of the “single source of truth” on approved solar products.

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Time to Act: Solar Incentive for Businesses Ends Soon

Commercial solar incentives in Australia

It won’t be long before the window of opportunity on a generous incentive for installing commercial solar closes. Small businesses should be talking to their accountants right now.

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Perth Port Powering Up With Solar Panels

Fremantle Passenger Terminal solar panels

Better late than never. More than 1,100 solar panels installed on the rooftop of Perth’s Fremantle Passenger Terminal are about to be switched on.

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Tasmanian Solar Scheme Setup Slammed (Again)

Tasmania Energy Saver Loan Scheme

Tasmanian Labor has come out swinging again in relation to the state’s Energy Saver Loan Scheme, saying it unfairly locks out many local solar businesses.

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An Australian Installer’s Take On Home Battery Brands

Home battery brands - a solar installer's view

We recently polled installers in the SolarQuotes network to discover their favourite home batteries. Tesla, Sungrow and BYD batteries took the podium. This post looks a little deeper into the winning brands from an experienced battery installer’s perspective.

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Melbourne Water’s Winneke Solar Farm Opened

Winneke Water Treatment Plant solar farm

Melbourne Water is another step closer to its net-zero emissions goal with the completion of a solar farm at Winneke Treatment Plant in Melbourne’s north-east.

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Regional Queensland Solar Owners Rejoice

Regional Queensland solar feed-in tariff

There was some good news for solar owners in regional Queensland last week – another proposed big boost to the feed-in tariff rate. But don’t get too excited just yet.

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Looming Power Price Rises Spark Solar Rush

Solar power rush

It didn’t take long for news of further electricity bill increases to motivate Australians to get cracking on having solar panels installed.

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Home EV Charging For Tightarses (Like Me)

Tips for charging an EV from a standard power outlet.

Tricks and traps when charging from a standard powerpoint.  Spent all your spare cash on an electric car and don’t want to incur the expense of a hard-wired home EV charger? Then this is the post for you. For five years, my two EVs have only ever been plugged into a powerpoint.

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Another Huge Solar + Storage Project For Toowoomba Region

Punch’s Creek Renewable Energy Project

A development application for solar farm boasting more than 1.7 million solar panels and a big battery was lodged with Queensland’s Toowoomba Regional Council last week.

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