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Tag: green energy trading

December 23, 2015
Sophie Vorrath

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 […]

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December 8, 2014
Giles Parkinson

Australian rooftop solar capacity now over 4GW

Just days after data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed one in five houses in Australia used some form of solar energy, new data has shown that the nation’s […]

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January 16, 2020
Giles Parkinson

Over 1 gigawatt of new solar was installed under small-scale RET in last 14 months: Green Energy Trading

Continued uncertainty over the future of Australia’s Renewable Energy Target has boosted the nation’s uptake of rooftop solar, according to a new report, helping to push the total amount installed […]

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July 25, 2014
Giles Parkinson

Solar PV market could go the way of solar hot water if RET is weakened

Australia’s rooftop solar PV market risked following in the disastrous path of the solar hot water market if changes were made to the Renewable Energy Target, industry has warned. Estimates […]

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July 16, 2014
Giles Parkinson

15,000 new Australian households going solar monthly, with Queensland leading the way

Australians continue to install rooftop solar at a rate of more than 15,000 households a month, according to new data from Green Energy Trading, adding peak capacity of 64.8MW in […]

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May 27, 2014
Solar Choice Staff

Solimpeks introduces new financing & distribution arrangement for solar hot water systems

Looking for ways to revitalize the Australian solar hot water market, Solimpeks Australia (who also manufacture hybrid solar PV / solar hot water modules) has introduced a 3-point, outside-the-box approach […]

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