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Australian Solar Systems Interest Index – June 2018

Solar panel interest in Australia

Australians have been installing solar panels at a record rate and there’s still plenty of interest in turning the nation’s naked rooftops into bill-busting electricity generation platforms.

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Landlord Energy — Providing Solar For Commercial Tenants

If you are a business owner there’s an excellent chance you’re not happy with cost of grid electricity and would love to lower your bills with rooftop solar.  Unfortunately, there’s also an excellent chance you rent your business premises and so don’t have much of an incentive to install solar. After all you can’t take […]

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Report Raises Solar Power System Safety And Performance Concerns

Solar safety and performance

While representing a minority of installations, shonky solar in Australia can pose a threat to safety and/or seriously impact on return on investment.

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Trump Wants To Prop Up Coal And Nuclear Power In The USA

Donald Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to stop ailing coal and nuclear plants across the country from closing, much to the horror of the nation’s gas and renewable energy supporters.

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Virtual Power Plant For Western Australia’s Goldfields?

Goldfields solar energy project

The Western Australian Government has announced it will proceed with providing half a million dollars to finance the development of a proposal for a virtual power plant (VPP) trial in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

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Hanwha Q Cells To Manufacture Solar Panels In The USA

Hanwha Q Cells

In another case of it you can’t beat them, join them, Hanwha Q Cells Korea has announced it build a solar panel manufacturing facility in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Jinko Solar Unveils 410W “Cheetah” Panel And Gold-Framed Module

Jinko solar panels

JinkoSolar has taken the wraps off its 410W Cheetah solar panel at the SNEC 12th International Photovoltaic Power Generation and Smart Energy Exhibition & Conference in Shanghai.

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New Solar Homes Robbed Of Choice In ACT: Demand Or Time-of-Use Tariffs Only

If you are getting a new house built or having solar power installed in the ACT I have some bad news.  You will lose the ability to freely choose between electricity plans. You will no longer be able to select a standard tariff; which is usually best for solar households.  Instead you will be forced […]

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Lyon, JERA and Fluence Formalise Energy Storage Collaboration

Lyon, Jera, Fluence - Battery storage

Lyon Group, JERA and Fluence have banded together to pursue further utility-scale battery storage development and investment opportunities in the Asia Pacific, including Australia.

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Green Light For Wellington Solar + Storage Facility

Wellington Solar Farm

The town of Wellington in New South Wales will soon have a new neighbour, a 174 megawatt solar farm that will also feature battery storage.

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