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Rooftop solar installs up 43% in 2017, on back of power market woes
Summer of record heat waves and unplanned electricity outages pushes rooftop solar installations up nearly 50% on this time last year.
Sophie Vorrath
Mar 10, 2017
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Australia rooftop solar market recovers late in 2016, but falls short of target
The Australian rooftop solar market made a strong recovery late in 2016 to slightly beat the 2015 figure, and the early indications look for for the new year.
Ric Brazzale
Jan 17, 2017
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Another rooftop solar boom – this time with warnings
Record low solar panel prices, and the ratcheting-down or removal of policy levers, are sparking a boom in Australia’s residential and commercial rooftop solar markets – but also prompting warnings to consumers to avoid the lure of cheap and nasty products, and installers.
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Dec 1, 2016
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Community-scale solar can power corporations, too
Corporations are entering the renewables market in force, and they will find much to like in the community-scale solar market.
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Sep 5, 2016
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5 trends that will shape global solar market, heading for record 73GW
According to GTM Research’s latest edition of its quarterly Global Solar Demand Monitor, global solar installations are expected to grow by 43 percent this year, increasing to a total of 73 gigawatts.
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Aug 4, 2016
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LG to invest $US435m to triple solar cell production by 2020
LG signs MoU to spend $US435m on tripling solar panel production at its Gumi, South Korea facilities, from 1GW to 3GW by 2020.
Sophie Vorrath
Feb 5, 2016
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