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About: Sophie Vorrath

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Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.

Posts by Sophie Vorrath:

  • Regulator to suggest reductions to NSW feed-in tariff By Sophie Vorrath on 22 March, 2018 in Solar Choice News&Solar information in NSW&State Government Solar Panel Feed-In Tariffs
  • Australian homes, business installed 6.5 solar panels per minute in 2017 By Sophie Vorrath on 8 March, 2018 in Solar Choice News
  • Xenophon’s SA BEST unveils community electricity co-op plan By Sophie Vorrath on 28 February, 2018 in Solar Choice News&Solar information in SA
  • Australia’s grid-scale storage boom, mapped By Sophie Vorrath on 15 February, 2018 in Solar Choice News
  • Home battery storage uptake tripled in 2017 in Australia By Sophie Vorrath on 15 February, 2018 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Solar Choice News&Solar System Products
  • Liddell, the coal plant that “predates colour TV”, trips again By Sophie Vorrath on 31 January, 2018 in Solar Choice News
  • Solar installs through the roof, as Australians deliver record growth By Sophie Vorrath on 18 January, 2018 in Solar Choice News
  • Second Tesla “big battery” to power Victorian farm By Sophie Vorrath on 15 January, 2018 in Battery storage examples & case studies&Solar Choice News
  • Rooftop solar: Australia’s greatest opportunity – and its greatest risk By Sophie Vorrath on 14 December, 2017 in Solar Choice News
  • Australia hits new rooftop solar high as homes and businesses get smart – and go big By Sophie Vorrath on 7 December, 2017 in Solar Choice News
  • ATA launches free home solar and battery sizing tool By Sophie Vorrath on 6 December, 2017 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Solar Choice News
  • ARENA still has $700m to spend, to bring down cost of storage By Sophie Vorrath on 29 November, 2017 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Federal Government solar panel incentives&Solar Choice News&Solar Panel & Renewable Energy Policies
  • 100% renewables “cheaper, less risky” than building new coal: ATA By Sophie Vorrath on 23 November, 2017 in Solar Choice News
  • Is public uncertainty holding back Australia’s home battery boom? By Sophie Vorrath on 22 November, 2017 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Solar Choice News
  • 4 charts that show how quickly the global energy system is changing By Sophie Vorrath on 26 October, 2017 in Solar Choice News&Solar Panel & Renewable Energy Policies
  • New QLD program unlocks benefits of solar for renters By Sophie Vorrath on 25 October, 2017 in Archives of Solar panel systems information in QLD&Solar Choice News
  • New poll confirms that battery is popularity skyrocketing By Sophie Vorrath on 28 September, 2017 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Federal Government solar panel incentives&Solar Choice News
  • Standards Australia likely to dump proposed ‘battery bunker’ requirement By Sophie Vorrath on 20 September, 2017 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Solar Choice News
  • Residential battery storage installations ‘surge’ in 2017: Sunwiz By Sophie Vorrath on 20 September, 2017 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Solar Choice News
  • Coal port of Newcastle to get 5MW solar farm By Sophie Vorrath on 6 September, 2017 in Solar Choice News&Solar Farms&Solar information in NSW
  • How SunTenants bringing solar power to the roofless By Sophie Vorrath on 29 August, 2017 in New technologies&Solar Choice News
  • VSUN to launch vanadium flow battery for homes By Sophie Vorrath on 29 August, 2017 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Solar Choice News
  • In response to ‘battery bunker’ standards debacle, AEMC recommends new body to oversee distributed energy By Sophie Vorrath on 25 August, 2017 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Solar Choice News
  • Queensland opens registrations for 100MW energy storage installations By Sophie Vorrath on 9 August, 2017 in Solar Choice News
  • Australia headed for 12 gigawatts of solar by 2020: APVI By Sophie Vorrath on 2 August, 2017 in Commercial solar power&Solar Choice News&Solar Farms
  • Emissions-free mowing & garden maintenance service hits Sydney By Sophie Vorrath on 25 July, 2017 in Solar Choice News
  • Standards Australia renews threat of home battery storage ban By Sophie Vorrath on 16 June, 2017 in Solar Choice News
  • Solar & wind help SA ‘blow past’ renewables target ahead of schedule By Sophie Vorrath on 8 June, 2017 in Solar Choice News&Solar information in SA&Solar Panel & Renewable Energy Policies
  • Australian renewables head for a “boom-time” 2017 By Sophie Vorrath on 31 May, 2017 in Solar Choice News
  • Deutsche Bank predicts continued growth for global solar market By Sophie Vorrath on 24 April, 2017 in Solar Choice News
  • “Mobile solar” plants to challenge diesel for use in mines, construction sites By Sophie Vorrath on 20 April, 2017 in Solar Choice News
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