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Solar

Solar for apartments: Huge demand expected for first round of rebates
Solar for Apartments aims to help around 5,000 apartment owners and renters to install rooftop solar by addressing two key barriers to uptake: cost and complexity.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 13, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Network companies called out for “lack of accountability” on rooftop solar integration, in final report from ESB
Energy Security Board final report calls for coordinated leadership and action – particularly from DNSPs – on the integration of consumer energy resources.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 9, 2024

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Renewables

How solar panels could act as a bushfire early warning system
UNSW researchers believe the huge volumes of data from rooftop PV monitoring systems could be put to use to detect smoke from bushfires.
Rachel Williamson

Feb 7, 2024

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Renewables

Used solar panels could supply Australia’s next resource boom: study
UNSW study finds that effective solar module recycling practices could eliminate the need to mine for materials to make new PV. Instead, we would “mine from waste.”
Rachel Williamson

Feb 7, 2024

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Surge in heat pumps and rooftop solar drives record uptake for UK homes
Installation of solar panels and heat pumps in UK homes soared in 2023, driving the country to its highest-ever level of domestic low-carbon technology upgrades.
Jakob de Zwart

Jan 16, 2024

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Solar

Rooftop solar has key benefits, and one critical weakness, over large-scale solar farms
First ever life-cycle analysis comparing big and small solar systems finds rooftop PV better for the environment than even the largest, most efficient, solar farm. But there’s a catch.
Jakob de Zwart

Jan 15, 2024

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Solar

After a year of smashing records, will 2024 be the year we take rooftop solar seriously?
The latest SunWiz data shows Australia’s rooftop solar market growth is showing now signs of slowing – making 2024 the year we must take its role in the energy mix seriously.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 9, 2024

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Renewables

2023 in review: Australia nears half-way mark to 82% renewables
Renewables combined to supply an average share of nearly 40% across Australia’s main grids for the year. We look back at the stats and records.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 8, 2024

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Renewables

How to stop wasting cheap renewables – and drive a faster transition
The path to 100% renewables is charted. How quickly we get there depends on how we price surplus wind and solar and who controls demand management.
Heather Smith

Jan 8, 2024

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Solar

Rooftop solar installs smash record as households turn to bigger systems, put pressure on coal
Rooftop solar installs smash monthly records in November, as system sizes reach nearly 10kW and the coal industry faces another big bite out of its midday market lunch.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 4, 2023

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Ministers put consumer energy on agenda. Is this a turning point or Groundhog Day?
State and federal energy ministers agree to develop a national roadmap for customer‑owned energy resources – from rooftop solar to electric vehicles. Is this a win?
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 27, 2023

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Solar

Twenty-five billion reasons for ministers to support urgent consumer energy reform
Australians have invested $25 billion in solar and batteries, with plenty more to come. We need policy and regulations to complement the investment.
Roger Wilkins

Nov 22, 2023

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