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SA Electricity Prices And Solar Feed In Tariffs: What’s Happening?

June 23, 2022 2023-11-22T13:29:19 by 5 Comments
ABC Radio's Sonya Feldhoff and SolarQuotes' Finn Peacock

As electricity prices in South Australia and across the country increase; solar is on the minds of many. SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock chatted with Sonya Feldhoff on ABC Radio Adelaide’s Afternoons program yesterday about the home solar power situation in SA.

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Final Days For Higher Solar Battery Rebate In Victoria

June 23, 2022 2024-12-10T08:24:14 by 1 Comment
Victoria home battery rebate

Victoria’s solar battery rebate will see a significant reduction next week; but take a deep breath before racing off to buy a home battery.

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SA Home Battery Scheme Wind-Down: Update

June 22, 2022 2023-11-23T09:38:21 by Leave a Comment
South Australia Home Battery Scheme subsidy

The clock is ticking for South Australians keen on securing a significant subsidy on a home battery system.

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Large-Scale Battery For NT’s DKA Solar Centre

June 22, 2022 2022-06-22T07:00:15 by 2 Comments
Rolls Royce battery - DKA Solar Centre

The Desert Knowledge Australia Solar Centre in Alice Springs is getting the Rolls-Royce of large-scale batteries – quite literally.

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AVL Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Project Update

June 21, 2022 2024-10-01T13:32:51 by Leave a Comment
VSUN E22 vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB)

A 300 kWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) earmarked for an Australian miner should be making its journey across the ocean soon – and a residential VRFB solution is still in the works.

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ESB NEM Capacity Mechanism Design: Reactions

June 21, 2022 2022-06-21T06:42:29 by 4 Comments
ESB - capacity market mechanism design

The Energy Security Board has released its thoughts on a proposed capacity mechanism to help heal what ails the National Electricity Market.

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Fronius Study: Energy Payback Of Solar Is Under 1 Year In Australia

June 20, 2022 2024-08-27T13:19:12 by 24 Comments

Fronius says Australian rooftop solar + inverter has CO2 & energy payback under one year. Last month, a huge, hulking Austrian handed me a physical report called:

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Majority Of SA Drivers Considering An Electric Vehicle

June 20, 2022 2024-05-15T14:11:43 by 9 Comments
Electric vehicle interest in SA

An RAA survey indicates most motorists in South Australia are considering acquiring an EV when next purchasing a car.

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Electricity Price Hike, Solar Feed-In Tariff Boost For Tasmania

June 20, 2022 2022-06-20T06:32:05 by 2 Comments
Electricity price rise in Tasmania

The bad news on electricity prices continues, with Tasmanian households and businesses also hit by power cost increases. But solar owners will see a better feed-in tariff.

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Electricity Crisis: What Is “Lack Of Reserve”?

June 17, 2022 2023-11-24T09:46:09 by 6 Comments
Australia's electricity system - lack of reserve

There have been many mentions of “lack of reserve” at various levels during the electricity crisis in Australia’s eastern states – what does it all mean?

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