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Kilowatt koalas … the batteries-up-poles project that sends a powerful message about residential storage

27th May, 2020 | For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Storage

Energy gold mine … the wind-solar-storage plant that brings powerful self-sufficiency to the middle of nowhere

26th May, 2020 | Australia, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects

Solar PV module backsheet durability an issue for Australia

25th May, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects

The C&I solar PV package that serves business and the NEM … the urban power plant has arrived

21st May, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage

The brain that’s turned UoQ’s 2.2MWh Tesla Powerpack battery into a private piggybank

20th May, 2020 | Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

Carbon capture and storage is a big step back to the dirty dark age: IEEFA

20th May, 2020 | Australia, Climate, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables

Kilowatt koalas … the batteries-up-poles project that sends a powerful message about residential storage

27th May, 2020 | For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Storage

United Energy’s community storage batteries are bringing calm to Melbourne’s Bayside.

Energy gold mine … the wind-solar-storage plant that brings powerful self-sufficiency to the middle of nowhere

26th May, 2020 | Australia, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects

A dynamic power plant in remote Western Australia is showing other miners the possibilities of clean energy.

Solar PV module backsheet durability an issue for Australia

25th May, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects

The failure of standards to keep pace with changing backsheet materials has made it harder for retailers and distributors to ensure backsheet durability, writes the CEC’s Sandy Pulsford.

The C&I solar PV package that serves business and the NEM … the urban power plant has arrived

21st May, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage

A solar project at a Sydney warehouse shows the potential for urban PV power plants.

The brain that’s turned UoQ’s 2.2MWh Tesla Powerpack battery into a private piggybank

20th May, 2020 | Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage

A battery is only as smart as the brain that commands it, and the University of Queensland has connected its 2.2MWh Tesla to a cunning bit of software.

Carbon capture and storage is a big step back to the dirty dark age: IEEFA

20th May, 2020 | Australia, Climate, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables

The government’s Australian Climate Solutions Fund offers little hope for financial industry backers of a Paris aligned economic recovery, says the IEEFA’s Tim Buckley.

Jinko Tiger Pro module hits 580W, 21.6% efficiency

19th May, 2020 | For Installers, Solar

JinkoSolar has launched its Tiger Pro module series, which can generate maximum power output up to 580W.

Installers need to take DC isolators seriously … here’s why

18th May, 2020 | For Installers, Solar

DC isolators are a controversial requirement of every rooftop solar installation. The CEC’s James Patterson looks at why they are mandatory in Australia and alternative solutions used in other countries.

Dark times for big solar

18th May, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects

Are the clouds gathering over solar? EcoGeneration asked a panel of experts for their views on the outlook for this much beleaguered but highly trusted source of clean energy.

Energy efficiency upgrades a covid-19 recovery opportunity

14th May, 2020 | Efficiency, Policy

Energy savings scheme obligations are the perfect complement to covid-19 recovery stimulus to improve infrastructure and economic resilience for the longer term, writes Rod Woolley.

Storage comes to calm the market

11th May, 2020 | Australia, For Consumers, Projects, Renewables, Storage

Energy storage is a mandatory inclusion in a grid supplied by unpredictable wind and solar. As costs continue to fall more of these important assets are lining up to connect, writes Jeremy Chunn.

Renewables to drive a clean recovery from covid-19

11th May, 2020 | Australia, Comment, For Consumers, Policy, Projects, Renewables

While covid-19 will cause a lot of short-term pain, it presents us with a unique opportunity to accelerate the clean energy transition, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.