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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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Solar

Flattening the solar duck: Why households should also face negative export tariffs
Should we panic about negative electricity prices, or – as one industry expert argues – embrace them as an indispensable part of a two-sided market?
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 13, 2023

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Solar

Record year for rooftop solar growth? October installation data bodes well
Nationwide rooftop solar installations jumped 11 per cent in October, putting Australia on track to beat the 2021 record for small-scale PV growth.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 3, 2023

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Solar

“New era:” SunDrive wins funds to scale up Australia made solar cell production
“Making more things here:” SunDrive gets federal funding boost towards commercial production of its lower-cost, high efficiency solar cells, on Australian soil.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 1, 2023

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Rooftop PV takes a bite out of everyone’s lunch as minimum demand records tumble again
Rooftop PV sets new records for share of generation, and sends minimum demand levels to new low, taking a bigger bite out of the fossil fuel lunch, and that of large scale solar farms.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 29, 2023

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