Solar | EcoGeneration

PV panel recycling a mountain of worry

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 7, 2019 | For Consumers, For Installers, Solar | 0 |

There is a mountain of preparation to be done to manage the recycling of millions of tonnes of solar PV modules over the decades ahead, writes GSES.

Best and brightest: CEC Solar Awards winners for 2019

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 7, 2019 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The Clean Energy Council’s 2019 Solar Design and Installation Awards included shining examples of what this talented industry can do with more than a few modules when imaginations are let off the leash.

Energy demand response for a two-sided market

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 7, 2019 | Comment, Commercial, Efficiency, For Consumers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The future is micro, nano and perhaps even pico-grids orchestrated to solve energy dilemmas at a local level, writes Shaun Scallan.

SolarEdge makes a big break for batteries as the rules of PV shift

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 31, 2019 | Commercial, Company Updates, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

SolarEdge is hoping will secure it supremacy as a smart-thinking provider of energy-and-storage solutions, co-founder Lior Handelsman tells EcoGeneration.

Overzealous tactics help energy companies maintain a dying status quo

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 31, 2019 | Comment, Commercial, Renewables, Solar | 0 |

The incumbent energy companies have nothing to gain by standing in the way of renewables, writes Huon Hoogesteger. And yet, that’s exactly what some of them are doing…

Energy efficiency, the key to unlocking the DER model

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 21, 2019 | Comment, Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

For a network of connected distributed energy resources to work at peak efficiency owners of solar must make the most of their generation, writes Shavaj Kallamkote.

Sunshine after dark – the rise of 24-hour solar

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 21, 2019 | For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Solar PV is cleaning up the energy mix, writes Longi president Zhenguo Li, but this is just the beginning…

Battery standard has put a huge hump in the road: sonnen

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 17, 2019 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

The new standard for battery storage goes too far, says sonnen technical director Australia-New Zealand James Sturch.

Virtual power plants, real pain … how the VPP puzzle has brought on a mild headache

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 14, 2019 | Australia, For Consumers, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Virtual power plants made up of other people’s batteries sound like a great idea but, gee, they’re a headache to put together. Will they make it to the finish line?

Microgrids come to market

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 1, 2019 | Commercial, Efficiency, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

As the tools to generate and manage electricity onsite evolve, energy users are realising they can rely on themselves instead of leaning only on the grid.

Feel the power … CEC announces 2019 Solar Design and Installation Awards finalists

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 30, 2019 | Commercial, For Installers, Solar | 0 |

Ten installations are competing in three categories: under 30kW, 30-240kW and over 240kW. Good luck!

Are clouds gathering over large-scale solar?

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 24, 2019 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

Painful marginal loss factors, asset write-downs, negative pricing, forced curtailment – the forces have been stacked against large-scale solar this year. Is it time for a turnaround in fortunes … or time to pull up stakes?