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JinkoSolar ramps up output as developers turn to 500W-plus module solutions

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 12, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, Company Updates, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

JinkoSolar’s R&D team is always pushing the boundaries as developers of solar applications large and small demand higher output and leaner costs.

Trina Vertex pushes 600W with 210mm cell

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 12, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, Company Updates, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

The Chinese solar giant is launching three new panels that deliver output above 500W using larger wafers.

Part II: Is AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan up to the job?

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 10, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

What do you think of AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan? Here’s what EcoGeneration’s energy antenna picked up from its network of women experts in solar, storage, academia, government and data-crunching.

Power in the cloud … how Vector’s data deal can release value

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 7, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

New Zealand energy company Vector’s deal with Amazon Web Services will unlock a storm of usage data for retailers and networks to pick through for consumer behaviour insights.

Part I: Is AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan up to the job?

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 5, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Comment, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

What do you think of AEMO’s 2020 Integrated System Plan? Here’s what EcoGeneration’s energy antenna has picked up so far from its network of experts in solar, storage, academia, government and data-crunching.

AEMO Integrated System Plan 2020 a green light for renewables, DER, storage

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 30, 2020 | Australia, For Consumers, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

AEMO’s Integrated System Plan outlines a redevelopment of the NEM as renewables large and small, supported by storage and demand response, replace coal.

Big-end solar installers bend with the times as sun sets on Todae

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 27, 2020 | Commercial, Company Updates, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The failure of one of Australia’s largest C&I solar installers highlights the risks in a sector where competition is fierce.

DC-coupled battery drives efficiencies

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 27, 2020 | For Installers, Solar | 0 |

Hybrid inverters are proving their worth in residential PV systems, writes Fimer Australia technical sales lead Warren Merritt.

Salvos to trial Allume shared solar solution with ARENA backing

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 27, 2020 | Australia, For Consumers, Funding, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

The trial at a commercial property in Tasmania will test the merits of a technology that will see solar shared among tenants.

The revenue squeeze about to push solar off a cliff

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 24, 2020 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

A Green Energy Markets report prepared for AEMO predicts forces are aligned against the PV industry.

ARENA backs Monash study into strengthening the NEM

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 22, 2020 | Funding, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage, Wind | 0 |

A study at Monash University’s Grid Innovation Hub will test solutions to allow greater integration of renewables in weak parts of the NEM.

Save our solar … the narrow road to economic PV recycling

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 21, 2020 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

Is it worth the bother to keep old solar panels out of landfill? Sure it is, if they can be reborn as something better. Jeremy Chunn looks at possibilities for end-of-life PV.