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Tag: northern territory

April 30, 2025
Jeff Sykes

Which electricity retailer offers the best solar feed-in tariff?

Solar Feed-in Tariffs in Australia: How they’ve changed Solar feed-in tariffs are arrangements where a solar system owner is paid for the solar energy that they send into the grid. At one […]

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March 13, 2025
Jeff Sykes

Solar Panels Darwin, NT – Compare prices & installers

Darwin Northern Territory Banner Image

Darwin is one of Australia’s northernmost cities, and its location in the sunny tropics makes it one of the best places in Australia to install a solar PV system. This article […]

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September 15, 2015
Solar Choice Staff

Solar Choice brokers 100kW solar array for SlumberCare in Darwin, NT

Solar Choice Commercial has brokered a 100kW solar PV system for Australian mattress manufacturer SlumberCare in Darwin, NT. SlumberCare first approached Solar Choice for an impartial look at the market […]

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July 9, 2015
Solar Choice Staff

Average Australian solar system size up to 5kW: Sunwiz

The size of the average solar PV system has reached 5kW for the first time ever, according to industry analysts Sunwiz. The increase – up from 4kW in 2013 – […]

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January 16, 2020
Giles Parkinson

Aussie property developers could skip grid to design microgrid-powered communities

Australian property developers are exploring the option of not connecting newly built housing estates to the electricity grid, but instead offering solar and storage as part of a standard package, industry […]

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March 12, 2015
Giles Parkinson

Alice Springs grid could handle 10MW more solar without storage: ARENA study

A new Australian study has found that Alice Springs could boost its share grid-connected solar by 26 per cent without affecting stability or necessitating energy storage. The ARENA-backed study, which […]

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December 23, 2014
Solar Choice Staff

NT’s Bathurst Island opens tenders for ‘alternative power station’; solar and wind set to replace diesel

The Northern Territory’s Bathurst Island is set to switch from diesel fuel to solar and/or wind, with the launch of a request for tender to supply and install a renewable […]

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December 18, 2014
John Rodriguez

SMA Fuel Save solution boosts case for PV-diesel hybrid systems

SMA’s ‘Fuel Save’ controller solution offers effective regulation and management of PV‑diesel hybrid systems. PV-diesel hybrid systems are often the most economic choice in remote areas where an electricity grid […]

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September 16, 2014
John Rodriguez

Giant outback solar farm to electrify SE Asia: an idea so crazy it might just work

Would you believe me if I told you that we could power our nation’s energy use by covering less than 0.01% of Australia with solar panels? It sounds crazy but […]

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July 8, 2014
Giles Parkinson

Solar will dominate new generation capacity buildout to 2030: BNEF

Solar looks set to dominate new electricity capacity and investment in Australia, with a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicting solar PV will account for nearly half of […]

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March 28, 2014
Solar Choice Staff

German startup Qinous aims to bring energy storage to remote areas

German startup Qinous has devised with a ‘plug-and-play’ energy storage solution that aims to bring access to cleaner, more reliable electricity to the world, beginning with a focus on remote […]

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February 12, 2014
Solar Choice Staff

RESA’s VoltLogic attains AS4777 standard certification

Renewable Energy Systems Australia (RESA) has received approval for its VoltLogic to be connected to the grid under the Australian standard for solar system inverters, AS4777. The certification is of […]

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January 25, 2014
Solar Choice Staff

RESA’s VoltLogic to be used for limiting solar export in NT demo project

Renewable Energy Systems Australia (RESA) has announced that its STATCOM/inverter, VoltLogic, will be deployed at Palmerston Golf Club in Darwin, Northern Territory in a partnership with the club, a prominent local solar installation […]

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February 20, 2014
James Martin II

Final installation in Alice Springs Solar City project

    The final solar PV installation in the Alice Springs Solar City project is approaching completion, bringing the installation phase of the project closer to a conclusion. With the […]

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August 1, 2023
Solar Choice Staff

Darwin, Northern Territory Criteria for connecting solar via NT Power and Water

The criteria for having solar PV systems connected to the grid differ from state to state. Due to the occurrence of seasonal cyclones, Northern Territory rooftop solar PV installations in […]

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May 2, 2012
James Martin II

1-to-1 Solar Buyback vs Solar Feed-in Tariffs: The Economics

Most states in Australia currently have or have had some sort of Solar Feed-in Tariff scheme in place. Solar Feed-in Tariffs, which pay solar system owners a premium per kilowatt-hour […]

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August 1, 2023
James Martin II

Getting Grid-Connected in your State or Territory

You are a faced with a slight conundrum:  you’re considering installing a solar energy system (photovoltaic or PV) in your home and you’re looking into connecting solar to the grid […]

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