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Rising costs reverse falling price trend for PV modules: Rystad

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 15, 2021 | For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

The falling cost of solar module technology has been arrested by rising costs for materials and shipping.

The power police … community storage comes to calm the market

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 3, 2021 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

Behind-the-meter storage might be an efficient way to make the most of a household PV system but far larger batteries are needed at network scale if room is to be made for more solar. The age of community batteries has begun, writes Jeremy Chunn.

Time to get tricky … WA solar installer journeys to the fringe and back again

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 1, 2021 | For Installers, Solar | 0 |

Jase Pearson of Green Earth Electrical says there are still plenty of ways solar and storage can help people in his corner of Western Australia save money.

The perils of potential induced degradation

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 29, 2021 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

As rooftop PV systems age, installers need to understand how system performance can be affected by potential induced degradation, writes Michelle McCann.

PV-thermal … a cool approach that can boost solar efficiency

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 29, 2021 | Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, Uncategorised | 0 |

The efficiency of a PV-thermal system is dependent on the temperature of the heating application, but the technology is often overlooked.

Batteries included in 9% of new residential PV systems in 2020

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 22, 2021 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

About 31,000 batteries were added to the grid in 2020, with 9% of new household PV systems including storage.

Solar tracking balances higher yields with higher risks

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 18, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

Having delivered stage one of a giant behind-the-meter solar-and-tracking project, Trina explains how the technology fits into Australia’s utility-scale PV market.

Solar retailer aims to sell the battery customer what the grid wants: system security

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 16, 2021 | Demand response, For Consumers, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

A solar sales company is hoping to lure more customers towards batteries by pushing the cause for smart connected systems.

Tracking ratchets up yields at PV-hybrid mine sites

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 16, 2021 | Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind | 0 |

It’s been a fast five years for solar at mine sites, where hybrid clean energy systems are pushing the latest PV technology.

Fresh approach to energy sees produce market tenants save 25%

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 12, 2021 | Commercial, Demand response, Efficiency, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Storage, VPPs | 0 |

An Adelaide microgrid has answered the call to help provide grid security in South Australia.

Large-scale solar hasn’t lost its shine: CEC forum panel

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 12, 2021 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage | 0 |

Is the utility-scale PV market under stress or growing into a new stage of maturity? The Clean Energy Council Large-scale Solar Forum included a panel session which looked at the past to predict the future.

Regulated recovery and recycling aim to avoid a massive PV pile-up

by EcoGen Editor | Mar 10, 2021 | Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Policy, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Wind | 0 |

The government may sound ambiguous about clean energy but it doesn’t want us to trash PV panels or wind blades, says a UniSA researcher working on an end-of-life stewardship program for clean energy gear.