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Ignore your algorithm: Solar prices are going up in 2026, but it’s not a crisis
Salespeople are using social media to urge consumers get in soon to beat solar panel price rises, but is it as big a deal as they are making out?
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How a water agency’s debunked concerns about solar project helped poison minds of local community
Fierce opposition to a Victoria solar project remains, despite the agency that raised the issue withdrawing its concerns, and after the issues were debunked.
Rooftop PV is eating the energy industry’s lunch, now big solar wants to hoe into coal generators’ dinner
Australia’s most powerful solar-battery hybrid gets approval, one of a number of such facilities about to change the shape of the grid, and eat into coal power’s dinner.
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Ignore your algorithm: Solar prices are going up in 2026, but it’s not a crisis
Salespeople are using social media to urge consumers get in soon to beat solar panel price rises, but is it as big a deal as they are making out?
How a water agency’s debunked concerns about solar project helped poison minds of local community
Fierce opposition to a Victoria solar project remains, despite the agency that raised the issue withdrawing its concerns, and after the issues were debunked.Rooftop PV is eating the energy industry’s lunch, now big solar wants to hoe into coal generators’ dinner
Australia’s most powerful solar-battery hybrid gets approval, one of a number of such facilities about to change the shape of the grid, and eat into coal power’s dinner.Big solar grabs record 30.6 pct share of Australia’s main grid, before being shunted aside by rooftop PV
Big solar takes advantage of early morning sun to take record share of grid power, before being overrun by rooftop PV. No wonder new solar has batteries included.
Was the high cycling of Australia’s most powerful battery too much for crippled transformer?
Speculation is rife on what caused the spectacular failure of a transformer at the site of Australia’s most powerful battery, and what it all means.
Wind farms lift rural property values, study finds, and boost local schools, too
A new study from the US shows wind farms lift nearby property values by around 3%, and improve rural schools as well.
