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Battery Rebate To Deliver A Coal Plant Of Power In 18 Months

The federal battery rebate is set to play a crucial role in reaching Australia’s new 2035 emissions target, with SolarQuotes analysis revealing that the power output of additional battery storage capacity installed under the scheme will soon match that of Australia’s largest coal plant.

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New South Wales’ Best-Rated Solar Installers: 2025

New South Wales' best solar installers

Living in New South Wales and considering installing solar panels and/or home batteries? See SolarQuotes’ best-rated NSW solar installers for 2025.

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VIC Solar For Apartments Rebates: Round 3 Kicks Off

An apartment using solar energy

Another 5,000 rebates are available for eligible apartment, unit and townhouse residents to install solar power systems under the third round of Victoria’s $32 million Solar for Apartments program.

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Efficiency Is Dead

A man crying at the gravestone of energy efficiency

I used to worship efficiency. For years as a control systems engineer, I sweated over fractions of a percent, shaving seconds off processes and optimising production lines. Now I look around and realise: efficiency is dead. Killed by cheap solar and ever-cheaper batteries.

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Australia’s 2035 Emissions Target: Home Electrification

Australia's 2035 emissions target plan

A 2035 emissions target range has been set for Australia and plans to achieve it unveiled. So, what’s on the cards for home electrification?

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SolarQuotes Is Hiring: Ready To Power Our Operations?

A woman charging an EV

It is an exciting time at SolarQuotes as we scale up to accelerate home electrification across Australia. We’re growing fast to meet this challenge, and are on the lookout for an Operations Manager to help guide us forward.

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Tesla Powerwall 2 Australian Recall: What We Know

Tesla Powerwall 2 recall in Australia

Certain Tesla Powerwall 2 batteries installed in Australia are subject to a recall after reports of battery cells in some systems smoking or venting flame.

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Solis Celebrates 20 Years Of Solar Inverter Manufacturing

Solis inverter anniversary

20 years is forever in the solar manufacturing industry and to last that long as Chinese inverter manufacturer Solis has done is quite an accomplishment. But is Solis gear any good?

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Daycharging; It’s Time To Deploy Power Points Everywhere

We need more EVs charging during the day. Not just fancy charging stations – plain power points in every car park will do the trick. It will offer huge benefits, drawing cheap solar energy when its plentiful and freeing cars up to discharge back to the grid at night.

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Queensland’s Best-Rated Solar Installers: 2025

Queensland's best solar installers - 2025

The ratings have been reviewed and the numbers crunched. Discover which companies are SolarQuotes’ best-rated solar installers in Queensland for 2025.

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