More than a quarter of the National Electricity Market’s (NEM) energy came from renewables in August, exceeding the record set in July. The National Energy and Emissions Audit, published by The Australia Institute, said that the share of electricity supplied by renewables in August rose to 25.6%; this includes rooftop solar input. This rise is…
The pilot for Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator’s Solar Panel Validation Initiative was a success so now the CER is rolling it out across the industry. Last July the CER joined forces with solar industry bodies like the Clean Energy Council and the REC Agents Association to crack down on the number of unapproved panels being…
Researchers from the University of Newcastle started a ground-breaking trial in August when they installed a 200-sqm solar panel array on a Newcastle factory roof. What’s amazing about this array is that the panels were printed and fans of this new tech claim it’ll change the way solar panels are manufactured and distributed around the…
It’s already easy to imagine a house which gets all its electricity from its rooftop solar array, but try to imagine that the oven, the hob and the hot water are all powered and warmed by the same tech. This dream is one step closer now, thanks to a $3.3 million pilot project in Perth.…
An unprecedented amount of investment in clean energy means that 21% of Queensland’s energy will be renewable by 2019. This investment will lead to the production of 2,164 megaWatts of renewable energy and the Clean Energy Council estimates this could power at least 800,000 homes. Queensland has a huge pipeline of renewables investment worth $4.3…
Residential solar power in Australia has risen at an astonishing rate since 2008, but it seems that the middle-class households are at the vanguard of this movement. They’re affluent enough to install the panels, but not too affluent to worry about rising bills. Australia has the most rooftop PV of any country in the world,…
Europe’s first dedicated PV panel recycling facility opened in France back in June. The plant, in Rousset, France, is operated by Veolia and is expected to recover 1,300 tonnes of material in the first year and up to 4,000 tonnes a year by 2022. Veolia’s first contract with PV-Cycle should involve the company recycling most…
Queensland’s first Greens senator, Larissa Waters, has taken some real steps towards a greener, cleaner future for Australia. Waters, who has the portfolios for environment and biodiversity, among others, has revealed her party’s five-year plan to help people buy solar energy storage systems. The help comes in the form of a 50% refundable tax credit…
As we were eager to have Solar Energy installed to help with the rising cost of electricity we approached Halcol Energy for a quote, which was for a 2kw Inverter…
Price, size, capacity, quality, performance and credibility of solar systems available on the market and payback time were priority issues for us in aiming to achieve cost…