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Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicles will cut household energy bills in half, says network chief
SA Power Networks says grid has plenty of capacity to absorb “explosion” in electric vehicles, which he says will help households halve their annual energy bills.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 9, 2023

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Solar

“Making dumb solar smart:” Push to bring old rooftop PV into new world of flexible exports
Arena-backed trial will see energy retailers offer innovative incentives to customers to enable access to their existing rooftop solar systems.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 10, 2023

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Coal boss named new head of first big network company to reach 100% renewables
SA Power Networks hires the head of a Queensland coal generator as its new CEO to lead transition to 100 per cent renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 20, 2023

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Rooftop solar switched off for third day, but Thursday looms as crunch in South Australia
Updated: Rooftop solar to be switched off in South Australia every day until link to NEM re-established, with some crunch days looming at the end of the week.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 15, 2022

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Solar

Rooftop solar meets all local network demand in South Australia for more than five hours
Rooftop solar reaches new milestone, meeting all domestic network demand in South Australia for the seventh time this month, and for the longest period.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 27, 2022

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Fossil gas pared back to its bare bones in South Australia’s renewables grid
Fossil fuel generation pared back to bare bones in South Australia on Friday, with just 80MW of gas output and more than 100 per cent renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 26, 2021

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Governments

Rooftop solar pushes state’s entire local network into negative load for four hours
South Australia experienced four hours of “negative net load” on its distributed network on Sunday as rooftop solar met all demand, and more.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 4, 2021

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Solar

Flexible PV: South Australia trials new solar export rules as it heads to 100 pct solar
South Australia to introduce flexible exports for new and upgraded systems as it seeks to manage the growing dominance of rooftop solar.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 10, 2021

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Solar

Flexible rooftop solar exports could be a reality next year after trial success
South Australia takes big step towards flexible solar exports after a successful virtual power plant trial that increased household output.
Sophie Vorrath

May 28, 2021

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Featured

South Australia to introduce “flexible” export option for rooftop solar
South Australia to test “flexible” exports for solar households in a trial that is expected to become standard throughout the country.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 15, 2021

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