French oil and gas supermajor teams with Google Cloud to develop ‘Solar Mapper’, a digital tool that uses satellite imagery and AI to mine the solar potential of houses.
Rooftop PV
“Checkerboard” solar cell design could boost output and make panels much cheaper
UK researchers find that designing solar cells with checkerboard lines could increase their ability to absorb light by 125% and reduce costs.
Solar meets 100 per cent of South Australia demand for first time
Solar power met 100 per cent of South Australia’s demand on Sunday for the first time. It won’t be the last.
How “flexible exports” could convince more big energy users to install rooftop solar
An Energy Queensland network trial focusing on accommodating more, and smarter commercial solar has quietly shown the way on how it may work for consumers.
Graph of the Day: The states enjoying record installations of rooftop solar
“Amazing.” Rooftop solar installations are surging to record levels in most states, pointing to a 3GW number for the whole year.
Graph of the Day: NSW renewables hit record high of 50.2 per cent
New South Wales joins renewable record spree with combination of solar and wind briefly delivering more than half the state’s electricity needs for the first time.
SunDrive gets funding to manufacture new breed of solar cells in Australia
SunDrive Solar’s high efficiency solar cell technology moves a step closer to being manufactured in Australia at scale after winning $3m ARENA grant.
Flexible exports: It looks like the future of rooftop solar for households
Trials in South Australia and Victoria to test “dynamic exports”, giving power to networks to manage rooftop solar exports and removing static export limits.
Installers blamed for rooftop PV failures when bushfires separated grids
Installers blamed for rooftop PV failures when bushfires separated grids, but coal plants also did the opposite of what was required and even the Hornsdale battery missed its mark.
Terms of rooftop solar review rekindle concerns of political “witch hunt”
Concerns of Tony Abbott-style renewable energy witch hunt stoked again with release of terms of reference for federal government review into rooftop solar sector.
