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All 200,172 panels in place, as one of Australia’s first solar-battery hybrids hits construction milestone

One of Australia’s first solar and battery hybrid projects has completed the installation of all of its PV modules and is on track to power up in 2027.
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“Extraordinary difference:” Households urged to shop around for best Solar Sharer offers, or miss big savings

Electricity retailers with their own version of Solar Sharer offer bigger power bill savings than the default tariff, and households urged to shop around.
Batteries help cut solar curtailment in half, as PV output hits monthly record

Batteries help cut solar curtailment in half, as PV output hits monthly record

Large-scale solar curtailment was “reduced significantly” in August as batteries help prevent electrons from going to waste, even in a record-breaking month of PV output.

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All 200,172 panels in place, as one of Australia’s first solar-battery hybrids hits construction milestone

All 200,172 panels in place, as one of Australia’s first solar-battery hybrids hits construction milestone

One of Australia’s first solar and battery hybrid projects has completed the installation of all of its PV modules and is on track to power up in 2027.
“Extraordinary difference:” Households urged to shop around for best Solar Sharer offers, or miss big savings

“Extraordinary difference:” Households urged to shop around for best Solar Sharer offers, or miss big savings

Electricity retailers with their own version of Solar Sharer offer bigger power bill savings than the default tariff, and households urged to shop around.
Batteries help cut solar curtailment in half, as PV output hits monthly record

Batteries help cut solar curtailment in half, as PV output hits monthly record

Large-scale solar curtailment was “reduced significantly” in August as batteries help prevent electrons from going to waste, even in a record-breaking month of PV output.
New solar farm connects to grid, part of state’s first PV-battery hybrid project

New solar farm connects to grid, part of state’s first PV-battery hybrid project

The solar component of what is likely to be the first PV-battery hybrid in Victoria, and the first fully government owned renewable project, connects to the grid.
“Fully funded, fully contracted:” Construction team ready to go on state’s largest solar-battery hybrid

“Fully funded, fully contracted:” Construction team ready to go on state’s largest solar-battery hybrid

Frontier Energy says it has secured all major contracts to start construction later this month on the first stage of what will be state’s largest solar and battery hybrid.
Australia wrote the world’s best rooftop PV rules. We must do the same for plug-in solar – and fast

Australia wrote the world’s best rooftop PV rules. We must do the same for plug-in solar – and fast

Australia has the highest rooftop solar penetration on earth because we wrote sensible rules early and let people get on with it. We know how to do this for plug-in solar. We are just not doing it.
Mild winter and abundant rooftop solar sends grid demand to record lows – just 2 MW in one state

Mild winter and abundant rooftop solar sends grid demand to record lows – just 2 MW in one state

Energy market operator reinforces need for more flexibility, storage and transmission as electricity demand is squashed to record new lows, mainly by rooftop solar, which met 99.9 pct of supply in one state.
“Retailer viability” trumped bill savings in Solar Sharer design, says energy veteran

“Retailer viability” trumped bill savings in Solar Sharer design, says energy veteran

A policy designed to give households access to abundant free solar power has been nobbled by a regulatory process that put electricity retailer interests ahead of consumer bill savings, one expert says.