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All Singing All Dancing All Stackable At All Energy 2025

What’s known in the industry as Solar Christmas is over for another year. At each of these events we seem to have an underlying theme. It was batteries last year, and nondescript white 5kW boxes the year before.

So what was big this year? Stackable all-in-one solutions.
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Solar Panel Recycling Facility Fires Up In Sydney

Solar panel recycling facility at Bankstown Airport, Sydney

PV Industries’ new solar panel recycling facility at Bankstown Airport officially opened this week, supported by funding from the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA). [Continue reading…]

All Energy Australia Grapples With Scale Of The Battery Boom

People watching on in an audience

Thousands have converged on Melbourne to address the opportunities and growing pains of the solar battery bonanza, in the first All Energy Australia conference since the introduction of the federal rebate. The SolarQuotes team joined the fray to cover the Southern Hemisphere’s largest clean energy event, which ran over two days from October 29 to […]

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Revealed: How Home Batteries Cut Over Ten Times The Emissions They Create

A home battery that will cut more emissions than it creates

Here are two facts about home batteries: Using a home battery reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Making and installing a home battery increases greenhouse gas emissions. The good news is the first effect is much larger than the second.  Pinning down how much home batteries reduce emissions isn’t easy, but I’m going to take a stab […]

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*500 Watt* Solar Panels For Your Rooftop From Aiko

Aiko Gen3 Infinite Neostar 3P54 500W solar panels

Solar cell and module manufacturer Aiko has showcased what it says is the world’s first 500 W panel under 2m² (only just) at the All Energy Australia 2025 event in Melbourne.

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Australia’s Best Solar Installers In 2025

A rooftop covered in solar panels

Australia’s top solar installers have been recognised at the inaugural SolarQuotes Awards event at the Showtime Events Centre in Melbourne on Tuesday.

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Flexible Exports Soon For WA Under “Smarter Solar”

Rooftop solar power systems in Western Australia

Energy Policy WA is consulting on proposed rule changes to kick in early next year that aim to support larger and more small-scale rooftop solar and battery installations in Western Power’s service area through the implementation of flexible solar exports.

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Trina’s Latest Rooftop Solar Powerhouse: 475W Vertex S+

Trina Solar Vertex S+ NEG9RH.28 panel

TrinaSolar is set to offer a new generation of Vertex S+ high-power solar panels for installation on Australian residential rooftops — the dual-glass NEG9RH.28 product line.

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Poorly Protected Wires Risk A Disaster In Your Roof

Electrical conduits are the tubes used to protect and route wiring. Get them wrong and you’ll make roof spaces even more unsafe than they already are. So what does good conduit work look like? Read on while we peek above the manhole.

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RedEarth V2G EV Charger (Nearly) Ready To Rock

RedEarth bidirectional V2G EV charger

Brisbane-based energy storage and EV charger firm RedEarth has provided a progress update regarding its Australian-made V2G bi-directional EV charger. Find out when it should be available — and brace yourself for the price.

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