Solar Choice and Edify Energy‘s Gannawarra Solar Farm is the second largest of 22 ‘high merit’ projects selected to move ahead in the most recent competitive funding round for large-scale […]
Solar & wind are the future and ‘there is no going back’, says German energy minister
Germany’s Rainer Bakke – the minister responsible for the EU nation’s ambitious Energiewende, or energy transition, from coal and nuclear to renewable energy – says solar and wind energy have […]
ABC’s ‘Catalyst’ airs episode the rise of home battery storage
Earlier this week the ABC’s Catalyst aired an episode on the topic of how battery storage can support renewable energy generation. The episode, ‘Battery Powered Homes‘, marks the latest instance […]
Earth faults in solar PV systems: A cause for concern?
As of July last year, new measures have been introduced for dealing with dangerous earth faults in Australian rooftop solar PV systems. The most important among them is a requirement […]
ARENA may make additional $100m available for large-scale solar
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is said to be considering making another $100 million worth of grants available in a new round of funding for large-scale solar projects, following the […]
Global solar growth in 2015 impressive at 34%, but government policy still key: GTM Research
Global solar PV installations for 2015 totalled 59GW according to a new report, marking a 34 per cent increase over the total installed in 2014. The report, based on preliminary […]
Commercial Solar PV Price Index: January 2016
Mirroring the Residential PV Price Index for this month, commercial system prices have undergone a slight up-tick since the end of last year. Average commercial solar PV system prices currently […]
[WATCH] Drone flyover video of Amaroo School’s 600kW solar array
Solar Choice has previously published a number of articles about our iconic Amaroo School solar project – the largest rooftop solar installation in the ACT and the 11th largest installation […]
The cost, productivity & return on investment for 2kW solar panel systems.
How much does a 2kW solar system cost, how much energy can you expect it to produce, and what sort of a financial return will a home see on a […]
Australia’s new solar milestone: One panel per capita
There are now as many solar panels installed in Australia as there are humans in the country, according to recent analysis from the folks at Sunwiz, Australia’s leading solar market […]
Australian Anti-Dumping Commission to reexamine Chinese panel dumping complaint
The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has reopened the case against Chinese solar panel manufacturers accused of dumping polycrystalline solar photovoltaic modules into the Australian market. The case was taken up […]
Residential solar PV price index – January 2016
After about 5 months of steady declines since about August of 2015, the average price of solar PV system prices rose slightly (approximately 5c/W) between December of 2015 and January of […]
Battery storage for solar in Western Australia
Around 20% of the homes in Western Australia have solar panels installed on their roofs, according to the APVI. This makes WA the Australian state with the 3rd highest concentration […]
Sacred Sun’s lead carbon batteries
Sacred Sun is a manufacturer of a variety of battery technologies for applications ranging from renewables backup, grid-level storage, electric vehicles and telecommunications. The company, founded in 1991 and listed […]
Can you have ’24 hours of sun’ with Tesla’s Powerwall? Q&A with Fronius Australia
Fronius is one of the most highly-regarded and popular solar inverter manufacturers in Australia. On the back of this success, last year the company ramped up its activities with regard […]
A look back at 2015: The year Australia talked (a lot) about solar battery storage
With 2016 slated to be ‘the year of the battery‘, we could look back on 2015 as ‘the year of talking about the battery’. While the past 12 months were […]
Once coal-fired, Brisbane Powerhouse resurrected as 100kW solar power plant
The Brisbane Powerhouse, the city’s former coal-fired plant turned popular hub for Queensland’s bustling theatre and arts scene, has come full circle and is again generating power. This time however the Powerhouse is generating […]
Nearly 1GW of solar installed in Aus in 2015 – thanks to large-scale projects
Australia’s budding large-scale solar market has helped deliver its second biggest year of PV growth, with nearly 1 GW installed in 2015, despite a flagging residential sector. According to a […]
Queensland Labor fights for fair rates for solar homes
The Queensland Labor government’s promise of a better deal for rooftop solar households has met with resistance from its most senior bureaucrat in the department of energy. Paul Simshauser, appointed […]
Commercial Solar PV Price Index: December 2015
December marks the second month running where the installer-nominated ‘Solar Choice Discount’ has been excluded from our calculations, resulting in pricing more reflective of actual retail commercial solar system prices […]
60MW of rooftop solar installed in November – nearly 30% commercial
Households and businesses around Australia have added another 60MW of rooftop solar PV in the month of November, taking the nation’s total for the year to date to 654MW. In […]
Bundaberg cane farming family goes off grid to save money
A Queensland cane growing family has decided to install enough solar PV at its Bundaberg farm to quit the grid entirely, in a bid to beat soaring electricity prices. The […]
Residential solar PV price index – December 2015
On average solar PV system prices dropped for the month of December 2015 were lower across all capital cities for all system sizes than those from November 2015. The drop […]
South Australia, on track to meet 50% renewables target, sets sites on 100%
South Australia is on track to pass its 50 per cent renewable energy target next year – nearly a decade ahead of schedule – as the Labor government shifts its […]
Growing appetite for commercial solar power purchase agreements could help shape Australia’s renewable energy future
A global rise in the commercial appetite for renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) could herald a shift in the Australian market, a new report form Baker & McKenzie has […]
CEFC to give local councils a boost for low-carbon transitions
Australia’s local government councils will be given extra incentive to invest in clean technologies via a new $250 million program from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The program, launched late […]
CALB battery storage solutions for homes and businesses
China Aviation Lithium Battery Co (CALB) is a Henan-based manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EV) and residential, commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications. The company has a global […]
How Fulcrum3D’s CloudCAM aims to improve solar farm reliability
Fulcrum3D is an Australian technology developer whose innovative CloudCAM technology allows solar farm developers and operators a high degree of granularity in predicting solar energy yields thanks to its sophisticated […]
NSW Renewable Energy Action Plan progress report showcases solar’s prominence in energy mix
The NSW grid now sources more energy from solar than it does from the Snowy Hydro Scheme, according to progress report on the government’s Renewable Energy Action Plan. Minister for […]
ARENA commits $900k to perovskite solar cell efficiency research
Efforts to advance the development of solar cell technology that has the potential to beat silicon cells on cost has received nearly $900,000 in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy […]
Clean Energy Council calls on state & federal governments to remove remove hurdles for renewables
Australia’s clean energy industry has appealed to federal and state environment ministers to remove barriers that threaten to stifle the deployment of renewable energy and the much-vaunted “energy revolution”. These […]
