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Commentary

Competition Tribunal rejects restrictions to “buy now pay later” for rooftop solar
Australian Competition Tribunal rejects rule changes aimed at restricting access to buy-now-pay-later rooftop solar finance, arguing they would do more harm than good to consumers.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 18, 2020

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Solar

Clean Energy Regulator promises crackdown on solar inverter installations
Push for strict new rooftop solar controls gains new muscle, with the CER adding checks of inverter settings to its inspection program.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 16, 2020

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Markets

Rooftop solar charts second-best month of 2020, despite Victoria Covid plunge
Australian homes and businesses installed another 251MW of rooftop solar in August, even as installs in Victoria fell by nearly one-quarter.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 4, 2020

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Storage

Tesla VPP expands to add virtual Big Battery to South Australia grid
Another 3,000 Powerwall batteries take Tesla SA VPP to 54MWh of combined storage to act as a single “power plant” offering services including synthetic inertia.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 4, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Renewables through the roof, as small-scale solar heads to stunning new highs
Latest data shows Australia on track to add 6.3GW of new renewable energy capacity in 2020, thanks largely to a rooftop solar market that has defied the odds of the Covid-19 pandemic and is headed to a record total of just under 3GW for the year.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 3, 2020

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Solar

Solar tariffs reshaped to favour batteries, EVs, and west-facing panels
Western Australia to manage booming rooftop solar market by refining grid export payments to batteries and electric vehicles, and paying more at peak times.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 31, 2020

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Solar

Solar is great, but … who should pay? Network defends solar export charges
SA Power Networks responds to claims that charging solar households to export their excess generation to the grid would be unfair and unnecessary.
Mark Vincent

Aug 17, 2020

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Solar

North-facing rooftop solar panels rarely best for consumers – or for the grid
University of South Australia study finds that when it comes to solar self-consumption, optimal panel placement is rarely towards the equator.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 13, 2020

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Electric Vehicles

Off-grid EV owners charge cars from solar and their own creek
Two EV owners in Tasmania pushing boundaries of off-grid living, powering not only their home in pristine southern Tasmania but also their EVs from the sun and their own seasonal creek.
Bridie Schmidt

Aug 11, 2020

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Rooftop solar curtailment “lesser of two evils”, but no moratorium on new installs, says SA energy minister
SA energy minister gives reassurance that no mortarium on new rooftop solar is being considered, but warns curtailment may be necessary to avoid ‘negative demand’.
Michael Mazengarb

Aug 6, 2020

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ACT Labor promises zero interest loans for solar and batteries, as election looms
ACT Labor becomes the latest to offer zero interest loans for solar and storage through its first election promise ahead of an October poll.
Michael Mazengarb

Aug 4, 2020

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Solar

Rooftop solar’s stunning surge to new records, as Australia installs reach 2.5 million
Defying Covid-19, Australia’s rooftop solar installs set new monthly record for July and surpass 2.5 million total installs.
Michael Mazengarb

Aug 3, 2020

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