Renewables | EcoGeneration

Locked-out from PV? How about a plot in a 1MW community solar garden

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 30, 2020 | Australia, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

The notion of tapping those who can’t own PV to fund community clean energy projects is being tested in NSW’s sunny Riverina region.

South Australian regulations for new solar power systems: GSES

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 29, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Solar installers all over Australia should make themselves familiar with changes imposed on new PV systems in South Australia. This report by GSES details how it works.

Solar remote-control a sign of maturity: SwitchDin

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 29, 2020 | Comment, Commercial, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Solar is so popular and powerful that owners will have to accept some give-and-take, says SwitchDin CEO Andrew Mears, as South Australia moves to manage grid stability with its Smarter Homes Program.

AGL expands Adelaide virtual power plant to east coast states

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 24, 2020 | Company Updates, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The retailer is moving beyond a slow-and-steady success of its VPP in Adelaide in the hopes of satisfying AEMO’s request for “shallow storage” capacity.

Clenergy taps installer forum to deliver the Cutter Rail

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 23, 2020 | Commercial, Company Updates, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Members of the Solar Cutters Facebook page can take credit for a new piece of racking kit that’s hit the market.

Technology Investment Roadmap leaves renewables at the side of the road: CEC

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 23, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

The Coalition’s technology investment roadmap has overlooked solutions to the clean energy transition that are begging for attention, including transmission and offshore wind, says the CEC.

Solving PERC performance issues using gallium-doped cells

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 21, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Research backs up the case for gallium-doped silicon solar modules as hardy and cost-effective performers, writes LONGi Solar product director Dr Fang Hongbin.

Tips and tricks when picking a storage system

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 20, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

It pays to understand how storage is integrated into energy systems when selecting a battery system, write Mina Zhang and Echo Chen of Sungrow.

Why behind-the-meter will define Australia’s next solar boom

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 19, 2020 | Comment, Commercial, PPAs, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Business owners and investors can take the economic recovery into their own hands, and reap tidy returns, by backing behind-the-meter energy solutions that include solar.

Tips for solar installers when buying a PV power station

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 19, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Solar installers can prove their worth to customers by applying stringent standards when selecting modules, writes Michelle McCann.

Epho’s rapid rollout for retailer: one hundred 100kW systems in 100 workdays

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 18, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Supermarket chain Aldi’s commitment to clean energy is a prime opportunity to treat PV like a production line, says the commercial installer.

Bifacial shines as PV power booster in cloudy conditions

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 18, 2020 | Australia, For Installers, International, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

US solar tracking company Alion Energy explains the results of research that shows how premium equipment can reap respectable yields from non-premium sites.