Plans to develop a potentially massive 1.5GW renewable hydrogen production and export hub at an industrial estate north of Geraldton in Western Australia have received 65 expressions of interest – […]
Residential Solar PV Price Index – February 2021
Average residential solar system prices drop to the level of $0.89 per watt ($/W) this month on the back of several factors, including changes to the composition of the Solar […]
Home battery uptake sets record highs in Victoria
Victoria has set new records for residential battery uptake in the dying months of 2020, notching up its biggest numbers yet for installations under the state’s Solar Homes scheme and […]
AEMC fast-tracks new rules for identifying electricity system risks
The Australian Energy Market Commission has put the assessment of proposed new energy market rules on the fast track, as it works to get in front of emerging risks to […]
Solar hydrogen plant to power Queensland college, golf course, buses
Plans to power a Queensland school with renewable hydrogen, via a solar PV system and hydrogen production and storage facility, are being developed through a joint venture between Hills International […]
Tesla Powerwall 2: A complete 2021 Buyers Guide
The world-famous Elon Musk, CEO Tesla, announced an entry to the energy storage market in 2015 with the launch of the home battery product, the Tesla Powerwall. Perhaps more famous […]
Smart Energy Council secures international partner for green hydrogen certification scheme
The establishment of a certification scheme to guide the production of renewable hydrogen, ammonia and other green fuels and materials derived from green hydrogen has made important progress, with the […]
Rooftop solar market ends tricky 2020 by smashing records, surpassing 13GW total capacity
Australia’s rooftop solar market has overcome a year of massive and unprecedented disruption to chart year-on-year growth of a massive 39 per cent and record almost 3,000MW of new installations […]
Residential Solar PV Price Index – January 2021
Average residential solar system prices remain stable at the level of $0.93 per watt ($/W) this month on the back of several factors, including changes to the composition of the […]
Wind, solar and storage still cheapest by far, latest CSIRO GenCost report says
Australia’s premier science agency has found that wind and solar energy remain the cheapest sources of new electricity generation in Australia and will continue to do so through to 2050, […]
NSW clean shift makes it pin-up state for renewable investors, but grid issues linger
A survey of renewable energy industry leaders in Australia has confirmed that challenges around grid connection remain the biggest dampener on investment around the country, even as state governments roll […]
Tough new inverter standards on the way for rooftop solar, batteries and EVs
The Australian Energy Market Commission has backed a rule change request from the Australian Energy Market Operator to ensure that rooftop solar inverters can properly “ride through” network faults and […]
Federal Incentives & Solar Rebates For Solar Power
The federal solar rebates provide an incentive for solar systems both small and large under the Renewable Energy Target (RET). The RET incentivises small-scale and large-scale solar projects differently, with […]
Battery storage is challenging the very structure of Australia’s energy market
The rigid structure of Australia electricity market – and the strict divide between the regulated networks and the (supposedly) competitive generation and retailing components – is being put to the […]
Western Australia offers royalty deal to lithium producers facing low prices
The Western Australian government has offered mining royalty rebates to three of the state’s active lithium producers, to help counter a slump in global prices for the raw lithium product […]
Australia’s emissions clipped by Covid, but the cuts may be short lived
Covid-19 pandemic has delivered the Morrison government’s largest annual reduction in Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions since taking power in 2013, but but still smaller than the annual reductions achieved by […]
40kW Solar Systems: Pricing, Power Output and Returns
A 40kW (40kVA) Solar Power System is among the most popular system size for businesses in Australia as it fits below the requirement to install a Grid Protection Unit which […]
Australia’s carbon twist: Taxing consumers who refuse to burn fossil fuels
South Australia and Victoria have announced plans to introduce a road user tax on electric vehicles, giving the two state governments the dubious honour of being first in the world […]
Residential Solar PV Price Index – December 2020
Average residential solar system prices have dropped at the level of $0.93 per watt ($/W) this month on the back of several factors, including changes to the composition of the […]
Solar and wind farms face more production cutbacks in NSW and Victoria
The Australian Energy Market Operator has flagged new generation constraints that will affect solar and wind projects in both New South Wales and Victoria Solar, after NSW-based transmission company Transgrid […]
Learnings from Thermography of over 12 GWs of Solar PV Plants
Solar PV plants consist of hundreds of thousands of discrete components exposed to various stresses throughout the asset lifecycle. Many of these stresses can lead to defects that manifest as […]
NSW Government Interest Free Solar Loans: How it works?
Firstly, it is important to point out that the interest free loans are in addition to the federal STC rebate which has been incentivising solar installations since 2011. This is […]
Victoria fast-tracks rooftop solar and battery rollout, part of $800m energy savings package
Victoria’s Labor government has unveiled the biggest household energy efficiency spend of any Australian state in history, with a nearly $800 million policy package that will incentivise smart appliances and […]
AEMC delays decision on controversial tax on rooftop solar exports
The deadline for industry feedback on controversial proposed electricity market rule changes that could impose charges on households for exporting their excess solar power has been delayed by the Australian […]
Commercial Solar Finance – Cash, Loan, PPA or Operating Lease?
It’s a common misconception that a commercial solar system comes with a large upfront cost. For an attractive solar project the loan repayments will be lower than the energy savings, meaning […]
Rural NSW Fire Brigade Gifted The Power of Solar & Battery
At the start of the year a solar and battery system was donated to the Sussex Inlet Rural Fire Brigade from a joint effort of Sure Solar, Fimer and Solarwatt. […]
Wind, solar and storage “price guarantee” key to lower costs for developers and consumers
The New South Wales government has unveiled plans to offer electricity price guarantees to underpin the development of new renewable energy projects under the state’s Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, that aims […]
NSW targets 12GW of renewables and storage under roadmap that includes auctions
The NSW government has unveiled a $32 billion Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap to drive strong investment in new wind, solar and storage projects to replace the ageing coal fleet in the […]
South Australia names hydrogen hubs to foster “epic” growth in wind and solar
The South Australian Liberal government has launched its hydrogen prospectus, naming the locations for three major new hubs that could expand the state’s wind and solar capacity by up to […]
Faster, smarter, cheaper: Batteries are beating gas peakers at their own game
New data on the performance of the University of Queensland’s 1.1MW/2.2MWh St Lucia Tesla battery storage system during a massive power price spike in the state earlier this month has […]
Super power: Here’s how to get to 100pct wind, solar and storage by 2030
The world can transition to 100% wind, solar and storage electricity grids within the coming decade, a new report from a team led by renowned Stanford University futurist Tony Seba […]
