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Fold-out 5B arrays chosen for 10GW Tennant Creek solar plant

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 22, 2019 | Australia, Company Updates, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

5B’s Maverick technology is a modular, concertinaed solution that can be transported to site in containers and then folded out as arrays.

Lighter PV panels push flimsier rooftops under the sun

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 15, 2019 | Australia, Commercial, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects | 0 |

A new lightweight solar PV module opens up the possibilities for the 40% of properties that can’t take the weight of standard glass-and-aluminium technology.

Longi Hi-MO X panel tips 20% efficiency

by EcoGen Editor | Aug 13, 2019 | Company Updates, For Installers, Renewables, Solar, Solar | 0 |

Tier one Chinese solar panel maker Longi has launched the Hi-MO X in Australia, with efficiency of 20%.

JinkoSolar outlines the benefits of bifacial panels … and clears up a few of the myths

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 25, 2019 | For Installers, Solar | 0 |

As bifacial technology establishes itself among its many proven peers in the world of PV modules, developers are looking into possibilities of added yield from rear-side power output.

CEC calls for action in Victoria as monthly Solar Homes cap hurts installers

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 25, 2019 | For Installers, Policy, Residential, Solar | 0 |

Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton said the intent of the program is welcome, but the monthly cap of 3,333 rebates for home solar systems is stifling the solar industry.

Jobs crunch … are there enough workers to build Australia’s renewables boom?

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 17, 2019 | Australia, Commercial, For Consumers, For Installers, Funding, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Australia wants energy security. Clever and experienced renewables workers want job security. This sounds like a job for the nation’s clean energy recruitment superheroes.

Stand-alone power systems tower over powerlines

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 15, 2019 | Australia, For Installers, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage | 0 |

The future of electricity is being reinvented in Western Australia, writes Jeremy Wray of CPS National, who is working with Horizon Power to replace 54km of transmission with stand-alone power systems.

Solar critics fail to see the full picture

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 11, 2019 | For Installers, Solar | 0 |

A recent story on the ABC’s 7.30 program gave an incomplete take on the Australian solar industry, writes Clean Energy Council technical support leader James Patterson.

What voltage tells us about the solar revolution

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 10, 2019 | Comment, Commercial, For Installers, Renewables, Residential, Solar, Solar, Storage | 0 |

Solar is a dynamic energy solution trying to make its way in a grid designed for one-way traffic, writes Jonathon Dore. Yes, there are a few teething issues – but solutions can be found.

Battery storage on trial … the good, the flat and the gone-out-of-business

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 3, 2019 | For Installers, Renewables, Storage | 0 |

The ARENA-funded ITP Battery Trial is pitting a long list of storage technologies against the elements. Which ones will make it and which will fizzle out? The ITP Renewables team sent this update from its Canberra laboratory.

It’s time to lasso some cowboys, for solar’s sake

by EcoGen Editor | Jul 3, 2019 | Comment, For Installers, Solar | 0 |

For Australia to keep leading the world in adoption of solar the industry needs to focus on stringent quality control, writes Patrick Matweew, and that means lassoing a few cowboys.