Posts By Michael Bloch On SolarQuotes

Maxeon Air: Frameless, Lightweight Stick-On Solar Panels

Maxeon Air solar panels

Maxeon Solar Technologies has provided a peek at what it calls a “disruptive technology platform” – Maxeon Air solar panels. [Read more…]

School Strike 4 Climate + Not Business As Usual This Friday

School Strike 4 Climate

Two actions on Friday aim to send (yet another) clear message to the Morrison Government that clinging to fossil fuels is simply not on in what needs to be a net-zero world. [Read more…]

SA Switch For Solar Initiative Switches On

Switch for Solar - South Australia

Over the next year, a thousand South Australian concession holder households are to have free (or almost free) rooftop solar power systems installed by trading in their concession payments. [Read more…]

Rooftop Solar Continues Assault On Wholesale Electricity Prices

Solar energy and wholesale electricity prices

The Australian Energy Regulator again confirms the role rooftop solar power system owners are playing in in slashing wholesale electricity prices. [Read more…]

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator Launches Whistleblower App

Clean Energy Regulator - solar installation compliance

The agency tasked with oversight of Australia’s various renewable energy schemes – including the one that underpins Australia’s solar rebate – has added another tool to deter and detect dodginess. [Read more…]

Cryptocurrency: What Is SolarCoin?

Cryptocurrencies - SolarCoin

Given the crazy-high level of interest in cryptocurrencies recently, here’s a look at a comparatively low-carbon cryptocurrency that’s been around for quite a while – SolarCoin. [Read more…]

STC Prices And Australia’s Solar Rebate: Update

Solar rebate and STC spot prices

STC spot prices have remained pretty strong so far this year, making it a great time to go solar – find out why. [Read more…]

“Sun Tax” Threatens Electricity Network Death Spiral – Or Does It?

Solar tax - Australia

The results of a recent survey run by Solar Citizens regarding a controversial draft determination from the AEMC will have solar battery manufacturers salivating. [Read more…]

Broken Hill City Council Looking To Take Operations “Off The Grid”

Broken Hill and solar energy

NSW’s Broken Hill City Council is encouraging the community to get involved in its ambitious renewable energy aspirations. [Read more…]

Budget 2021-22: Renewables Pretty Much Ignored

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg - Budget 2021-22

There wasn’t much expected in Budget 2021-22 for tried and tested renewables or electric vehicles, and that’s exactly what Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivered. [Read more…]

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