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An Idiot’s Guide To Australia’s Electricity Price Problem

June 27, 2022 2022-06-27T19:21:24 by Ronald Brakels 34 Comments

Unless you live under a rock, you’d have heard about the blowout in wholesale electricity prices in the eastern states. Things were so bad that on the 14th of June, AEMO suspended the wholesale electricity market for the first time in its history.

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EV V2G Rollout At Flinders University

June 27, 2022 2022-06-27T08:16:35 by Michael Bloch 1 Comment

EV V2G charging trial - Flinders University

Adelaide’s Flinders University will soon be powering its Bedford Park campus in the evenings with some added help from electric vehicles and V2G chargers.

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Australian Solar Prices: June 2022 Update

June 27, 2022 2022-06-27T06:17:53 by Michael Bloch 5 Comments

SolarQuotes Australian Solar Price Report - June 2022

Which state had the cheapest solar power systems overall last month? Here’s a hint – the initials are WA. Discover what Australians across the country were paying for solar in May 2022.

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Solar Polysilicon Price Challenges Remain

June 24, 2022 2022-06-24T06:07:15 by Michael Bloch 1 Comment

Polysilicon only makes up a small proportion of the weight of a conventional solar panel – but it’s a crucial material and one that has been pretty pricey over the past year.

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

June 23, 2022 2023-11-22T13:29:19 by Michael Bloch 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 2022-06-23T06:12:53 by Michael Bloch 1 Comment

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 Michael Bloch 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 Michael Bloch 2 Comments

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 2022-06-21T08:23:38 by Michael Bloch 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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