What’s on the cards for solar feed-in tariff rates in New South Wales for the new financial year? Find out here. [Read more…]
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NSW Battery Rebate: How To Triumph Despite The Confusion
So you’ve heard about NSW offering an incentive between $1600 and $2400 to install a home battery. It’s great news but if you’re confused about exactly how this battery rebate works, don’t worry, so is the solar industry. Installer angst is palpable; but read on and I’ll explain there’s opportunities to make this work for everyone.
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NSW Solar Battery Subsidy: Here’s What We Know
The NSW Government is launching an initiative aiming to make solar batteries more affordable for households and businesses. But those keen on grabbing an incentive will have to wait a bit before getting one installed. [Read more…]
Amber Electric’s NSW SmartShift Customers Clean Up
NSW home battery owners participating in Amber Electric’s SmartShift collectively did pretty well from recent wholesale electricity price spikes. But making the most of SmartShift is best suited to the adventurous and energy nerds. [Read more…]
Trina Warranty Dispute Has More Questions Than Answers
Here’s a solar warranty story with so many unanswered questions it could easily fill a TV episode of ‘Unsolved Mysteries’. [Read more…]
Make Solar Inspections Mandatory In NSW Before Tragedy Unfolds

Loose connection on the active conductor inside an AC isolator, evidence of heat damage.
There’s a big problem in Australia’s solar world. Despite ACT, TAS, and VIC inspecting all new rooftop solar power system installations, NSW, SA, WA and QLD don’t – and that’s playing with fire. [Read more…]
$1.8 Billion Transmission & Battery Investment Promise for NSW
Given AEMO’s warning last week that Australia’s renewables rollout is lagging, this is timely: the NSW State Government is putting $800 million into its Transmission Acceleration Facility to speed up the transmission build between its Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) and the state’s grid. [Read more…]
Endeavour Energy Readies NSW South Coast Microgrid
The NSW south coast towns of Bawley Point and Kioloa will soon be running a solar PV and battery powered microgrid, designed to give them a more resilient power supply. [Read more…]
Tesla Megapacks Included in NSW’s Latest Giant Battery Approvals

Tesla Megapacks – like these will be installed near Muswellbrook, NSW. The Aplsey battery manufacturer is TBC.
Two more grid-scale battery projects have been approved in NSW renewable energy zones. [Read more…]
NSW Govt VPP Gets Closer: More Sites Get Smart Batteries

Image: Property and Development NSW
In March, we covered the launch of a big battery at Port Macquarie Base Hospital, which was installed as part of the NSW state government’s Smart Batteries for Key Government Buildings initiative. [Read more…]
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