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 […]
Victorian government clears roadblocks to rooftop solar PPAs
See this explanatory article on solar PPAs Victorian households will now have access to rooftop solar at little-to no up-front cost through leasing deals solar companies, following regulatory changes announced […]
Aerial photos of completed 600kW solar array on the ACT’s Amaroo School
Solar Choice has commissioned aerial photos of our iconic Amaroo School solar project. The gallery of these images below showcases the scale and elegance of the arrays, which span multiple […]
Solar Choice brokers 75kW solar array for Wilton Shopping Centre in Western Sydney
The Solar Choice Commercial team has brokered a 75kW solar system for Wilton Shopping Centre in Western Sydney. The client approached Solar Choice to get an informed look at the […]
Who sells Tesla’s Powerwall in Australia? (And how much does it cost?)
Earlier this week, Tesla at long last revealed (with some fanfare) which Australian installers have been knighted as ‘authorised resellers’ of the Powerwall. So who is selling Tesla’s Powerwall in […]
SA government reveals 4-point plan to attract investment dollars for renewables
The South Australian government has released the details of its plan to invest $10 billion in low-carbon generation by 2025 – a major part of the state government’s new climate […]
Hybrid inverters vs battery inverters for home solar energy storage
Home solar energy storage is quickly coming into the mainstream in Australia, thanks to the low cost of solar PV installations here. Every home that installs a battery storage system […]
ARENA-backed project to set up a virtual microgrid in Melbourne’s suburbs
A project investigating a model for shared solar and battery storage in suburban Australian micro-grids is being backed by ARENA. The $225,800 project, headed up by Melbourne-based Moreland Energy Foundation […]
Adelaide plans to become world’s first carbon-neutral city
A plan to make Adelaide the world’s first carbon neutral city has been signed by the city’s Lord Mayor Martin Haese and South Australian premier Jay Weatherill. The deal was […]
ARENA-backed report shows potential for renewable alternatives to gas in industrial applications
A new report has outlined the renewable energy alternatives available to Australia’s small to medium industrial sector, to help cut its ties with an increasingly costly and uncertain domestic gas […]
Stanford University releases roadmap for global renewables adoption
New analysis from Stanford University has laid out a roadmap for 139 countries to power their economies with solar, wind, and hydro energy by 2050. The Stanford study focuses on […]
New Aussie start-up Matter aims to bring solar to apartment-dwellers
A new technology has been launched in Australia that aims to give the nation’s 2.4 million rented households to access solar power. The technology, launched by Australian start-up Matter, […]
WA solar households could face new ‘solar tax’ under Synergy proposal
A network proposal that would effectively double the charge to connect Western Australia’s more than 191,000 solar households to the grid has been slammed as unfair and counter-productive. Under a […]
South Australia’s Retailer Feed-in Tariff to increase to 6.8c/kWh (but does it really matter?)
South Australia‘s Retailer Feed-in Tariff (RFiT) will increase from the 2015 rate of 5.3c/kWh to 6.8c/kWh for the duration of 2016, according to a report from the Essential Services Commission […]
Why Australia is fertile ground for home battery storage (Q&A with Enphase cofounder Raghu Belur – Part 3)
Solar Choice: Enphase is known mainly for its world-leading microinverters. What spurred the company to get involved in the energy storage market, and why did it choose Australia as the […]
Home solar in Australia: To grid or not to grid? (Q&A with Enphase cofounder Raghu Belur – Part 2)
Solar Choice: Many Australian households talk about ‘going off-grid’. Could the Enphase system help them achieve this goal? What are your thoughts on this desire to cut ties with utilities […]
The evolving role of the solar home on the electricity grid (Interview with Enphase cofounder Raghu Belur – Part 1)
I had the opportunity to catch up with Enphase Energy co-founder Raghu Belur at Australian Utility Week following a panel discussion about distributed renewable energy integration in which he took […]
Australia’s Redback aims to sell 28,000 home battery systems by 2019
Australian home energy storage technology developer Redback has signed an exclusive distribution agreement that will see 28,000 of the company’s SH4600 Smart Hybrid System units sold in Australia and New […]
Find the best solar power system deals in Launceston, Tasmania
Solar power system prices have fallen significantly in recent years in Tasmania, as well as throughout Australia and the rest of the world. It is for this reason that installing […]
Reposit Power’s GridCredits: Trade your home’s energy on the grid – and get paid for it
No feed-in tariff? No problem: Reposit Power’s GridCredits software lets solar-plus-storage system owners sell power into the grid – at a premium. Reposit Power is an Australian company whose goal […]
carbonTRACK: Aussie-based startup delivers smarter solar, storage & energy use
carbonTRACK is an Australian company whose energy management platform promises to deliver up to 30% savings on electricity bills for solar-powered homes and 10% in businesses, not only by maximising […]
Government report confirms solar & wind will be cheapest low-carbon technologies going forward
A new report from Australia’s official economic forecaster has underlined that solar and wind will be the cheapest low carbon energy technologies in Australia. The Australian Power Generation Technology Report […]
Commercial Solar PV Price Index: November 2015
This month we have changed our methodology for calculating commercial solar system prices, leaving out the installer-nominated ‘Solar Choice Discount’ which is usually added on to the ‘final total’ column […]
Approaches to grid-connected energy storage systems: Q&A with Supply Partners
Home battery energy storage is on track to become commonplace in Australia by the end of the decade, just as rooftop solar power is now. The industry is still young, […]
The Australian solar home in 2025 (Australian Utility Week Roundup Part 2)
Things are changing fast when it comes to electricity in Australia, and Australian Utility Week 2015 (‘the year of the digital utility’) was a great place to catch a glimpse […]
[WATCH] Home solar battery storage in the mainstream media
The topic of home energy storage has made its way into some of the biggest media outlets in Australia, with The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald running identical pieces in their respective “Money” sections, along […]
Australian Utility Week 2015 Roundup (Part 1): Australia’s emerging electricity story
Australian Utility Week 2015 wrapped up today. The two day event was held at Sydney’s Luna Park, and as I walked through the gigantic face/gate that serves as the iconic […]
Utility-scale PV costs have fallen 25% in the last year: Lazard report
In its latest study, the Levellised Cost of Energy Analysis 9.0, Lazard notes that utility-scale solar PV has fallen 25 per cent in the last year alone, since its most […]
Battery storage already competitive with fossil fuels – in the right circumstances: Report
A new report from US investment bank Lazard says battery storage is already competitive in some situations – particularly at the utility scale and in providing services such as frequency […]
Energy Storage Australia 2015 – Conference roundup
Energy Storage Australia 2015, held at Double Bay’s InterContinental Hotel on November 18-19 and organised by the Australian Solar & Energy Storage Councils, captured in both atmosphere and specifics the […]
