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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.

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.

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.

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.

McCain banks on 8.2MW behind-the-meter system with 39% energy savings in sight

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 15, 2020 | Australia, Bioenergy, Commercial, Electric Vehicles, For Installers, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Waste-to-energy | 0 |

The renowned chips and pizza maker is turning a facility in Victoria green to suit its global renewables ambitions.

On a roll … the lightweight solar solution that can take PV to new places

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 15, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

A printable and recyclable form of solar technology developed at the University of Newcastle puts power out there.

Across the border and back again … the solar installer who grapples with two networks a day

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 13, 2020 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Albury-based installer Tristan Norling splits his time between Victoria and NSW. He finds energy solutions in the two states can be very different.

Remember that you’re a sparky first when it comes to solar standards

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 12, 2020 | Comment, Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

While solar is governed by its own set of standards, installers must ensure they comply with all the relevant electrical standards, particularly AS/NZS3000:2018, writes Thomas Seymour.

How to buy a very, very large batch of solar panels

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 11, 2020 | Australia, Comment, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

Dr Michelle McCann takes a deep(ish) dive into module procurement and quality assurance, from specification through to monitoring on the farm.

Monford Group delivers 132MW Merredin Solar Farm, WA’s largest

by EcoGen Editor | Jun 16, 2020 | Australia, Company Updates, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

The 132MW Merredin Solar Farm – the largest in Western Australia – is about to be connected to the grid. Project builder Monford Group takes EcoGeneration through the process.