South Australia to introduce flexible exports for new and upgraded systems as it seeks to manage the growing dominance of rooftop solar.
Flexible PV: South Australia trials new solar export rules as it heads to 100 pct solar
Rooftop PV
South Australia to be first gigawatt scale grid to meet all demand with rooftop solar
In the next few months South Australia could become the first gigawatt scale grid in the world to meet all its demand from rooftop solar.
Rooftop solar delivers 62% of total generation, drives demand to record low in WA
Rooftop solar sends minimum “operational demand” to a new low in WA’s main grid, some 10 per cent below the previous benchmark.
Rooftop solar slowdown: It’s not just the pandemic and lockdowns
Covid is not the only reason that the heat has gone out of the rooftop solar PV market in Australia.
Rooftop solar could meet up to three quarters of total grid demand by 2025
Rooftop solar is going to fundamentally change the grid, AEMO says, and push operational demand down to lows never contemplated before.
Blackouts and soaring electricity bills drive US homeowners to solar
A combination of high-profile grid failures, power outages, and mounting electricity bills, has put a rocket under the US home solar and battery market.
Solar exceeds coal for first time, as renewables set new records on Australia’s main grid
Solar exceeds coal output as renewables set new record share of demand in Australia’s main grid.
Australia’s main grid saw nearly 5,000 negative price intervals in past year
The number of negative pricing events jumped to nearly 5,000 in past year as rooftop solar reduced demand and coal generators tried to avoid shutting down.
Solar export tax: An unhelpful “solution” to a problem that’s already been solved
Distribution networks finally given responsibility for supporting household solar exports, but they shouldn’t be charging for them.
Solar tax counts cost of panels, but who will pay for Snowy 2.0?
Snowy Hydro will impose a massive additional cost on NSW customers, but solar panels on household roofs, which bring prices down for all of us, are the focus of massive reform.
