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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.
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    Australia rooftop solar market recovers late in 2016, but falls short of target

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    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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    5 trends that will shape global solar market, heading for record 73GW

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    Mike Munsell
    Aug 4, 2016
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