Just days after data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed one in five houses in Australia used some form of solar energy, new data has shown that the nation’s […]
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South Australia’s Tonsley industrial site to become home to Australia’s largest rooftop solar plant
South Australia could soon boast Australia’s largest single rooftop solar array, with the government this week issuing a call for proposals to install PV panels on up to 25,000 square […]
Rooftop PV frequently meets 1/4 of daytime electricity demand in SA
Rooftop solar PV is currently accounting for around 25 per cent of electricity demand in South Australia, for large parts of the day, new data has shown. Two graphs, taken […]
South Australia, meeting 33% target early, ups state renewable energy target to 50% by 2020
South Australia’s Labor government has boosted its renewable energy target to 50 per cent by 2025, up from the 33 per cent target it has already met, six years ahead […]
Renewable microgrids could see boom in regional Asia-Pacific
Remote parts of the Asia Pacific region, including rural Australia, could soon see a boom in regional microgrids with heavy integration of renewable energy technologies, according to a recent report from […]
Over 30% of SA electricity came from renewables in 2013/2014, 1 in 4 homes now have solar
South Australia has delivered on its 2020 renewable energy target six years head of schedule, with the state’s share of wind and solar nearing 33 per cent in 2013/14. Official […]
As solar industry braces for RET review results, solar boom looks imminent
The Australian Solar Council, in preparation for the the announcement of the recommendations of the Renewable Energy Target (RET) review panel, has urged installers across the country to ‘sell solar’ in […]
Solar Choice teams up with Diamond Energy for solar savings
Australian solar installation brokerage Solar Choice has brokered an exclusive offer for its residential consumers with Victoria-based clean electricity retailer Diamond Energy to deliver increased savings on solar power for customers in […]
16,000 new rooftop solar systems installed in July 2014, including 14MW commercial capacity
More than 16,000 Australian households and businesses installed rooftop solar systems in July, adding a total of 70MW of small-scale PV capacity to the national total. The latest data from […]
Setting a record, South Australian renewables met half of state’s electricity demand in July
Solar power and wind energy combined to produce nearly half of South Australia’s electricity demand during the month of July – a record for a major developed economy. Data shows […]
Commercial PV Price Index – July 2014
Solar Choice’s Commercial PV Price Index is published monthly to act as a bellwether for commercial-scale solar PV system pricing trends across Australia. Systems of 10kW, 30kW, 50kW and 100kW in […]
15,000 new Australian households going solar monthly, with Queensland leading the way
Australians continue to install rooftop solar at a rate of more than 15,000 households a month, according to new data from Green Energy Trading, adding peak capacity of 64.8MW in […]
Solar PV Price Index – July 2014
Although higher average system prices in Melbourne and Hobart between this and last month resulted in an apparent increase across all system sizes included in our calculations (except for 1.5kW), […]
Abbott says RET driving up power prices, while solar appears to sink market electricity price in QLD
Are clean energy schemes driving up the price of electricity? In the case of the carbon tax, the answer seems pretty clearly to be ‘yes’–that’s what it was intended to do, initially […]
Aussie solar growth continues with Queensland leading on residential installs
The Australian solar market is still showing signs of healthy growth, according to the latest report for Green Energy Markets, with a rising share of commercial based systems, particularly in […]
Solar PV Price Index – June 2014
On the whole, system prices fell slightly between May and June. 1.5kW system prices look more or less steady across the board, while average pricing for 4kW, 5kW and 10kW […]
The future of regional Australia could be energy storage and microgrids
The comments of 2 network company heads reveal just how close parts of regional Australia are to a paradigm shift. Both Ian McLeod of Queensland’s Ergon Energy and Rob Stobbe […]
AEMC to introduce new, streamlined processes for connecting solar to the grid
Australia’s national energy regulator has given the nod to electricity market reforms that will make it cheaper, easier and faster for households and business to invest in and install clean […]
Australian households lead the way in solar PV investment
Australian households accounted for nearly two-thirds of total investment in renewables in Australia in 2013, and virtually all of it in 2014, according to research by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. […]
Solar PV system prices for April 2014
Average 1.5kW solar system prices appear to have plateaued between March and April after steadily rising over the course of the last 8 months or so, while prices for 2kW […]
NSW’s Wallerawang the latest coal plant to close amid falling electricity demand & wholesale prices
The solar industry – and the changing dynamics of the Australian electricity market – has claimed its biggest victim yet, with the formal closure of the 1,000MW Wallerawang coal-fired power […]
Solar PV Price Index–March 2014
Between February and March, average 1.5kW and 2kW solar PV system prices continued their steady rise in all cities included in the PV Price Index except for Adelaide, while pricing […]
EnergyAustralia: Rooftop solar to blame for falling wholesale electricity costs & demand
The explosion of rooftop solar PV has caused grief to another major incumbent utility in Australia, with EnergyAustralia, one of the big three utilities in the country, blaming it for […]
Benefits of rooftop solar to the electricity grid are clearly visible in South Australia
New data revealed by the network operator shows that the amount of rooftop solar installations has surged in South Australia, and it is having a real impact in shifting the […]
Solar PV Price Index–February 2014
Average prices for systems of all common sizes included (1.5kW-10kW) in almost all cities have increased this month, with 1.5kW systems rising the most. Systems in Canberra appeared to undergo a decrease […]
RESA’s VoltLogic attains AS4777 standard certification
Renewable Energy Systems Australia (RESA) has received approval for its VoltLogic to be connected to the grid under the Australian standard for solar system inverters, AS4777. The certification is of […]
AEMO data confirms rooftop solar pushing back peak energy demand in Vic and SA
The ability of rooftop solar to shift the peak of consumption has been highlighted by new analysis from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) into events during the recent heat-waves […]
Solar homes & businesses meeting more than 10% of daytime electricity demand in WA, SA & QLD
The influence of rooftop solar PV on Australia’s electricity grids is growing steadily, highlighted by recent data that shows households and businesses are supplying more than 10 per cent of […]
Rooftop solar PV provided nearly 9% of SA’s electricity, 3% of Vic’s during peak of heat on 16 Jan
Rooftop solar in Australia’s southern states reduced peak demand by an average of 4.6 per cent during the recent heat-wave, and on one afternoon provided one quarter of South Australia’s […]
ARENA will fund study looking at solar power for Port Augusta, SA
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will commit $1 million to a feasibility study into the potential deployment of concentrating solar power (CSP) technology to replace or supplement energy produced […]
South Australia’s solar feed-in tariff closed: What’s next for 2013, 2014 and beyond?
South Australia’s transitional feed-in tariff incentive for solar power closed to new applicants on 30 September 2013. Many of those who are considering going solar but have not yet made the […]
