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Image of the Day: “Sheila” the solar panel cleaner
How do you solve a problem like dusty solar panels? Two SA entrepreneurs and a tractor company have created a solution.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 18, 2018

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Commentary

Solar unlimited: How to use inverters to get past export limits
Solar panel system owners are becoming more and more ambitious about what they want from their PV systems, and are now installing 10kW + PV arrays and over-sizing their inverters.
Matthew Wright

Dec 5, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Scientists use light to purge defects from solar cells
Researchers are developing solar cells that are even cheaper, using perovskite crystals, a cost-effective alternative to silicon typically used in solar panels.
Jeremy Deaton

Sep 18, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

WA bathes in sunshine, but poorest households lack solar panels
Solar panels are still a rarity in WA’s lower-income areas.
Rebecca Cassells Alan Duncan and Yashar Tarverdi

Aug 28, 2017

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Commentary

Researchers one step closer to efficient, colorful solar panels
Researchers at Netherlands’ AMOLF Institute develop method to make solar panels green. Next stop, red and blue – and maybe even white.
Marija Djordjevic

Aug 18, 2017

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Solar

Australia’s biggest solar retailer forced to replace non-compliant panels
Euro Solar forced to surrender STCs or replace PV modules after being found to have installed non-compliant solar panels, as part of a Clean Energy Regulator crackdown on Australia’s rooftop solar industry.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 9, 2017

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Solar

Poor households are locked out of green energy, unless governments help
It’s time for governments to get serious about helping everyone to join the energy transition, not just the most affluent.
Alan Pears

Aug 7, 2017

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Press Releases

Nashville factory to become the first solar powered facility for Husqvarna Group
Husqvarna Group is building its first solar power generating facility at its current injection molding site in Nashville, Arkansas, USA. The new facility is expected to reduce the CO2 footprint by approximately 1,000 tons in the first year of operation and approximately 25,000 tons over the expected 25 year life of the facility.
Husqvarna Group

Jul 17, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

This is what 4 million solar panels look like from space
The installation oatthe Longyangxia Dam Solar Park currently has the capacity to generate 850 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power roughly 140,000 U.S. homes.
Brian Kahn

Feb 23, 2017

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Luminous Energy wins approval for 300 MW solar farm in Qld
The Brisbane-based developer has obtained approval to build the solar project near Columboola, southwestern Queensland, after a seven-week review process.
Brian Publicover

Jan 19, 2017

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Renewables

ARENA is down – but not out
That both sides of politics came so close to gutting ARENA is of major concern, but it’s also an opportunity to reflect on our priorities.
Tristan Edis

Sep 14, 2016

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Solar

Solar households to lose subsidies, but it’s a bright future for the industry
The windbacks to solar subsidies may be a good sign for the industry, by encouraging larger systems.
Andrew Blakers

Aug 17, 2016

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