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New South Wales Solar Installer Safety Blitz

Solar installer safety

Rooftop solar installation is dangerous work. SafeWork NSW inspectors will be visiting a bunch of sites across the state over the next six months to ensure workplace safety rules are being followed. [Read more…]

Queanbeyan Council Confirms Power Partnership Pledges

Queanbeyan Council and solar power

After community consultation, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council (QPRC) has selected five pledges as part of its participation in the Cities Power Partnership program. [Read more…]

Haystacks Solar Garden Broadens Horizons

Haystacks Solar Garden

A pioneering solar garden initiative in Australia geared towards renters and apartment-dwellers has expanded its potential “gardener” pool to several other states. [Read more…]

The One Question You MUST Ask Any Solar Installer (+ 6 Other Solar Buying Mistakes)

man asking question

You may have read Finn’s original ‘7-mistakes’ article, followed by ex WA-installer Kim’s take and SA Installer Chris’s version. Now here are the biggest mistakes I’ve seen people make buying solar during my years on and off the roofs of South Australia: [Read more…]

Solar Backpacks Tracking Critically Endangered Australian Birds

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Image: Plains-wanderer by JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0

The habits of one of Australia’s rarest birds are being tracked with the assistance of tiny solar powered “backpacks”. [Read more…]

My Shed Is 75+ Metres Away, Can I Put Solar Panels On It?

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Image: StarryAI “Big Shed With Solar Panels”

Top tips for installing solar on your man-cave. Or lady-lair.

So there’s a shed at your place that seems ideal for solar panels, but it’s well down the back of the block. Can you install solar panels on it, and if so, how much? [Read more…]

LG Home Battery Recall A Hot Mess?

LG solar battery recall in Australia

There are unsettling aspects to an ongoing recall of certain LG home batteries and battery packs also used by six other brands. Maybe LG will see this article and finally shed some light. [Read more…]

Another Solar Energy Boost For Bega Valley Shire Council

Solar panels - Pambula Aquatic Centre

New South Wales’ Bega Valley Shire Council (BVSC) is racking up another solar power system at its aquatic centre in Pambula. [Read more…]

Wollar Solar Farm Seeking Solar Panel Supplier

Wollar Solar Farm

A huge soon-to-be-constructed PV power station project in New South Wales will be a very nice score for a solar panel manufacturer. [Read more…]

Solar + Battery Storage For Taree Tip

Taree Waste Centre solar energy project

New South Wales’ Taree Waste Centre is getting a bunch of solar panels and a battery system, with support from a State Government agency. [Read more…]

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