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Graph of the Day: Breakdown of Australia’s two million solar homes

December 10, 2018
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Rooftop solar has passed another major milestone in Australia, with two million homes and businesses – or 20 per cent of all homes – having installed their own power source. Clean Energy Regulator general manager Michelle Crosbie says the new milestone has cemented Australia’s position as a world leader in rooftop solar PV investment. The […]

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Residential Solar PV Price Index – November 2018

December 6, 2018

Average residential solar system prices have dipped down to $1.17 per watt ($/W) this month on the back of several factors, including changes to the composition of the Solar Choice installer network and updated pricing from installers that we work with. This is a new historic low. Meanwhile, average prices for popular 5kW systems have […]

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Northern Territory indigenous communities convert to solar

December 3, 2018
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The Northern Territory Government through the Power and Water Corporation has partnered with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to bring solar to remote Territory communities. The Solar Energy Transformation Program (SETuP) will provide 10MW of solar systems across 25 remote Indigenous communities. The $59 million program, funded by ARENA and the Northern Territory Government, is […]

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Annual Australia Solar + Energy Storage Congress & Expo 2018

December 3, 2018
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The Solar Choice team is looking forward to the Annual Australian Solar + Storage Congress & Expo 2018, which will take place in Sydney this Wednesday & Thursday December 5-6, 2018. The event is organised by Leader Associates. Participants from governments, policy makers, investors, financiers, utilities, developers, network providers, solar & energy storage products manufacturers, […]

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A list of Australian battery support schemes (existing & proposed) as of Nov 2018

November 30, 2018
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If you care about battery storage and distributed energy in Australia, you’re probably aware that a number of battery incentive programs are now available through various state & territory governments (not counting the federal Labor party’s election promise). Interestingly, they are being delivered by governments from both of the major political parties – a fair […]

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Commercial Solar PV Price Index for November 2018

November 30, 2018
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Changes in the composition of Solar Choice’s commercial solar installer network, combined with price updates from several companies have resulted in a slight downwards shift in average dollar per watt ($/W) prices for commercial solar systems – down about 2c/W from August 2018 to $1.15/W. Commercial solar system prices (10kW-100kW) All prices in the tables below […]

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NSW Emerging Energy Program

November 28, 2018
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Earlier this month the NSW Government announced a $55 million program to encourage large scale electricity generation and storage projects. This comes as a welcome step forward, as NSW is the only state without a self-adopted target for renewable energy. The eligible projects will need to produce dispatchable energy, meaning solar projects will be integrated […]

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Another coal myth busted as developing nations turn to renewables

November 28, 2018
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Developing nations have taken the lead on clean energy, a new study has shown, after adding a record 114GW of zero-carbon energy generating capacity of all types, 94GW of which was wind and solar. The study, based on the latest Bloomberg New Energy Finance Climatescope survey, shows that emerging economies are not only leading global renewable energy […]

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Shorten targets one million household batteries, focus on renewables

November 22, 2018
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The federal Labor Party has unveiled an energy policy with a strong focus on driving the uptake of home solar and battery storage, as it builds on its pre-election promise of a 50 per cent renewable energy share for Australia by 2030, a 45 per cent emissions reduction, and cheaper electricity. Ahead of a landmark […]

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NSW government unveils plan to bring grid into age of renewables

November 14, 2018
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The New South Wales government has unveiled a plan to shift the state’s coal-fired power dominated grid into the age of the renewables. The plan, called the Transmission Infrastructure Strategy, will increase grid capacity in three key energy zones in the state’s central-west, south west and New England regions – where a “flood” of new […]

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Fair Dinkum Power

November 13, 2018
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You may have noticed the phrase “Fair Dinkum Power” being used a lot in recent times.  Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been using the phrase as a reference to coal generated power. With the backing of Alan Jones and friends, Mr Morrison has been trying his best to coin the slogan. Until tech billionaire Mike […]

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Victoria Labor boosts renewable energy target to 50% by 2030

November 13, 2018
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The Victorian Labor government revealed plans to extend its target for renewable energy generation to 50 per cent by 2030, if it is re-elected in this month’s state poll. The Andrews government has already legislated plans to source 25 per cent of the state’s electricity generation from renewable sources by 2020, and 40 per cent […]

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Malcolm Turnbull’s change of stance on 100% renewable energy

November 12, 2018
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In his first major public media appearance since being dropped from the Prime Ministers role and leader of the Liberal Party, Mr Turnbull told the ABC TV’s Q&A program he loved “nothing more than technology” and would “go back to creating jobs” in the private sector, saying he was open to investing in new renewable energy […]

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NSW launches emerging energy program to replace coal generation

November 5, 2018
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The New South Wales Coalition government has launched an ambitious energy transition plan designed to help replace most of the state’s ageing coal plants with wind, solar and storage over the next 15 years. The Emerging Energy Plan, launched on Wednesday, is designed to support the commercialisation of new large-scale projects in coal power dominated NSW, […]

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Old Nowra tip site set to be a Solar farm

November 5, 2018
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The old North Nowra tip was decommissioned in the early 1980’s. Since then not much had progressed regarding the sites remediation plans until recently. Grass has started shooting through and Shoalhaven City Council has welcomed the idea of repurposing the site for an eco-friendly cause. On Friday at the Cities Power Partnership National Summit in Kiama, Shoalhaven mayor Amanda […]

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Australian business urged to join global embrace of 100% renewables

October 29, 2018
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Australian companies are being urged to join the global RE100 movement – a corporate shift to 100 renewables that leaves state and national targets trailing in its wake. A total of 154 global companies – including many of the biggest in the world – have committed to the pact since its launch four years ago. […]

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SRES to remain till 2030, Energy Minister confirms they will not change

October 25, 2018
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In an interview held yesterday by The Guardian’s political editor Katharine Murphy, federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor has stated that the government has no plans to abolish the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES). With the federal Labor party also confirming that it will not make any changes to the SRES, it appears that the scheme will […]

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IPCC Special Report states Urgent Action is Needed to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Impacts

October 24, 2018
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a report stating that at current rates our world will be 1.5C hotter by 2040 and 2C hotter by 2060. What would that mean for Australia While a global average increase of 1.5C may not sound alarming, the effects will be much more severe at different […]

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Coalition backing “big coal” over climate, says Sachs: “Unbelievably irresponsible”

October 23, 2018
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Australia’s federal government has been branded “unbelievably irresponsible” for its inaction on climate change, in comments by US economics professor Jeffrey Sachs. Sachs – who is a former director of the director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University – also suggested that climate policy progress in Australia, as in the US, had been hijacked by fossil […]

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Australian councils inspired by a US city to develop solar as lack of federal climate policy

October 22, 2018
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Lancaster, a city located in southern California has recently become the first city in the world to be zero net energy. This mean that the entire city produces more solar energy through its solar farms than it is able to consume. The Mayor of Lancaster Rex Parris has visited Australia to help share his stories […]

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Australia to reach a “Solar Peak”, bring on battery storage!

October 17, 2018
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As Australian rooftop solar continues to break records there’s claims of Australia being the first country to reach a “Solar Peak“, according to EnergyAustralia director Mark Collette. Australia has already installed 1.09GW of rooftop solar this calendar year, with 125MW of small-scale rooftop solar being installed on Australian homes and businesses in the month of September alone. […]

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South Australian Government’s Home Battery Scheme

October 12, 2018
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The long-awaited home battery scheme is now available for South Australian households. The $100 million scheme will provide subsidies of up to $6,000 for SA homeowners or renters (with permission) to install batteries. The scheme is designed to reduce electricity costs for 40,000 households and reduce demand on SA’s electricity network (especially at peak periods) […]

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Morrison vows no money for climate conferences and “all that nonsense”

October 11, 2018
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Australia’s prime minister has declared he has no intention of spending money on global climate conferences and “all that sort of nonsense,” in response to the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change report. Peaking with Sydney radio 2GB’s Alan Jones, PM Scott Morrison suggested that while Australia would not follow the US out of […]

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Greens propose 30 renewable energy zones, backed by grid fund

October 8, 2018
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A plan to create up to 30 special renewable energy zones across Australia, and establish a $2.8 billion grid transformation fund, has been proposed by the Australian Greens. The plan, outlined by energy and climate spokesperson Adam Bandt on Wednesday, would see renewable energy zones dotted around the nation, from the Pilbara in Western Australia, […]

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100kW solar installation for Alpha Hotel – Eastern Creek (brokered by Solar Choice)

October 5, 2018
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In 2014 Solar Choice Commercial began discussions with Alpha Hotel (Eastern Creek Holdings) on a potential 100kW system for their property in Sydney, NSW. The system, now fully installed, consists of Canadian Solar panels coupled with SMA inverters. Our detailed business case analysis demonstrated the positive financial impact the project could make to Alpha Hotel. The competitive tender went to […]

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QLD releases new guidelines as another 16 solar projects queue to join grid

October 5, 2018

Queensland is preparing to add another 16 large-scale solar projects to its grid, as the Labor state government announces new guidelines for local government and renewable energy developers. State energy minister Anthony Lynham said an “unprecedented wave” of renewable energy investment had seen 13 large-scale solar farms built or under construction, delivering $1.3 billion in […]

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Canberra virtual power plant awarded top engineering honours

October 2, 2018

World First Canberra technology that makes the electricity system cheaper, cleaner and more reliable recognised by Engineers Australia. Canberra-based Reposit Power was awarded the Sir William Hudson Award – the highest honour for a project awarded by Engineers Australia at a gala in Sydney. Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it Print for […]

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100kW solar installation for Cockburn Ice Arena (brokered by Solar Choice)

September 28, 2018
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In 2015 Solar Choice Commercial began discussions with Cockburn Ice Arena on a potential 100kW system for their property in Bibra Lake, WA. Our detailed business case analysis demonstrated the positive financial impact the project could make to Cockburn Ice Arena. The competitive tender went to 4 highly competent installers in the area ensuring our client got the […]

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Victoria now have time-varying solar tariffs

September 24, 2018

EnergyAustralia offers 29c kWh peak feed-in tariff. EnergyAustralia is the first retailer to provide time-varying solar feed-in tariffs in Victoria. On September 15 2018, four residential electricity plans were launched that pay solar owners almost triple their standard feed-in during peak times. We’ll look at how time-varying tariffs stack up against single rate solar tariffs and […]

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The “only thing” pushing down power prices is new solar and wind

September 24, 2018

The surge of large-scale renewable energy generation coming online in Australia is the “only thing” currently helping to reduce electricity prices in Australia, a new report has found. The Australia Institute report, authored by veteran energy market analyst Hugh Saddler,  shows large-scale renewables making up a record breaking 19.7 per cent of the NEM in […]

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Why Aged Care Facilities & Retirement Villages are choosing to go Solar

September 17, 2018
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The “why” here is simple – each have huge energy intensive consumption patterns 7 days a week, large open roof space potential and generally very high power bills. Choosing to go solar not only helps reach internal sustainability goals & reduce each’s carbon footprint but also has a positive impact financially. Typically in the Ageing […]

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