While no one argues that investing in PV modules isn’t a smart move today, it won’t be long before we start asking if our modules are just as smart – […]
2 Australian scientists honoured for work in solar thermal technology
2 Australian scientists have been awarded Member of the order of Australia medals for their work in the realm of solar thermal–or concentrating solar power (CSP)–technology. Dr David Mills, a […]
Nitin Nampalli: Solar Choice News Technology Analyst
Solar Choice welcomes Nitin Nampalli as its newest contributor to the company’s news service, Solar Choice News. Nitin, a PhD candidate researching solar photovoltaics at the University of New South Wales, […]
Giles Parkinson joins Solar Choice News as regular contributor
Giles Parkinson has joined Solar Choice as a regular contributor to its news service, Solar Choice News. A consistent proponent of the renewable energy revolution in Australia, Giles will provide […]
IRENA announces loans in support of 6 renewable energy projects in developing countries
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has announced USD$41 million worth of concessional loans that the agency has made available for 6 projects in developing countries through a partnership with the […]
Australia ranks 34th in large-scale solar worldwide
Australia is well established as a global leader in the penetration of rooftop solar, but its record for large scale solar is not as impressive. The amount of utility scale […]
Solar Choice pricing data to be included in CEC’s 2014 business & industry solar PV guide
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has approached Solar Choice for fresh pricing data to be included in the newest edition of the organisation’s Guide to Installing Solar PV for Business & […]
Utilities & generators pushing for weaker small-scale Renewable Energy Target
The rooftop solar PV industry in Australia is likely to see some or all of its tariff support and other incentives removed because of pressure on the government from leading […]
Solar Choice’s leading role in the commercial solar field
Solar Choice Commercial and its unique Tender Management Platform are leading the way in the commercial sector of Australia’s solar PV market, with more installations in the 40 kilowatt (kW) or higher range than any other […]
Victorian network operator to dispatch grid energy storage trial
Victoria’s SP Ausnet, the grid operator for the state, has plans to run an grid energy storage trial in order to examine new ways to deal with the issue of […]
China increases 2014 solar panel installation target to 14GW
China’s transformation for a mere manufacturer of solar panel to the biggest consumer is accelerating with news that the country has upped its target for 2014 by another 15 per […]
Euro Solar fined $145,000 for false and misleading representations
The Federal Court of Australia has ordered Euro Solar (trading as P&N Pty Ltd and P&N NSW Pty Ltd), sister company Worldwide Energy & Manufacturing (WEMA) and their director Nikunjkumar […]
California’s Blythe solar power plant ok’ed for switch from CSP to PV
The California Energy Commission (CEC) voted unanimously to permit the developers of the Blythe Solar Power project to switch technologies from concentrating solar power (CSP) to solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. […]
SolaX Power hybrid energy storage systems and batteries
SolaX Power, a subsidiary of the Suntellite Group, is a developer and manufacturer of energy management & energy storage technologies. The company offers an array of products for residential, commercial […]
Rooftop solar PV provided nearly 9% of SA’s electricity, 3% of Vic’s during peak of heat on 16 Jan
Rooftop solar in Australia’s southern states reduced peak demand by an average of 4.6 per cent during the recent heat-wave, and on one afternoon provided one quarter of South Australia’s […]
Outlook on energy storage optimistic for 2014
Good things appear to be in store for the energy storage industry in the new year, with a number of sources pointing to major movement in 2014, thanks in great […]
Solar thermophotovoltaic breakthrough from MIT: Harnessing both light and heat for electricity
A team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is developing a new approach to making solar cells. The technology, ‘solar thermovoltaics’ or SVT, would utilise not only the light […]
ARENA announces 2 solar winners
The Australian solar industry has scored two new wins with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announcing plans boost Australian solar research and development, and a University NSW team taking out […]
Rooftop solar’s key role in keeping the lights on during the heatwave
Solar power is incontrovertibly having an impact on the Australian electricity market. For renewable energy advocates, the performance of the nation’s ‘people’s power plant’–now spread across nearly 2 million roofs–over […]
Solar PV Price Index–Jan 2014
At the start of 2014, solar PV system prices are up in Canberra and steady in other capital cities, except among 1.5kW solar systems. Although included for all other cities as per […]
ARENA will fund study looking at solar power for Port Augusta, SA
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will commit $1 million to a feasibility study into the potential deployment of concentrating solar power (CSP) technology to replace or supplement energy produced […]
Solar Choice’s Patent: Automatic Quotes for Solar Power Installations
Since July 2011, Solar Choice Pty Ltd has had a “patent pending” for its unique Solar Quote Comparison system, which to date has allowed 105,000 Australian households and hundreds of […]
Solar Selections brokers installation of solar power systems for UK’s largest bakery chain
The largest chain of bakeries in the UK has installed the equivalent of 1.28 megawatts (MW) of solar PV capacity on the roofs of 10 of its locations with the […]
Can Australian solar PV reduce peak demand during heat waves?
The record high temperatures that parts of Australia has witnessed since the arrival of the new year have been a hot topic in the news, with temperatures coming close to […]
Australia nears its 2 millionth rooftop solar system, total SGUs surpass 2 million
The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has released data indicating that the number of rooftop solar systems in Australia is now approximately 170,000 short of 2 million when both solar photovoltaic […]
Solar Choice develops & brokers installation of solar panels for 6 ACT McDonald’s restaurants
Rooftop solar power systems are now generating electricity for 6 McDonald’s restaurants in the ACT. The installations, whose tenders were exclusively developed and managed by Solar Choice Commercial, will save each […]
2014 bodes well for solar PV globally
Solar photovoltaic (PV) uptake appears ready to surge globally in the year 2014. Investment house Deutsche Bank and market research firm NPD Solarbuzz have offered growth forecasts of 46 gigawatts (GW) and […]
What is your feed-in tariff eligibility in Western Australia? (Horizon customers)
If you live anywhere in regional Western Australia (essentially anywhere outside of Perth & surrounds) and you have grid electricity, your power is probably delivered by Horizon Power, whose […]
Versol Solar: Mounting & tracking solutions for all PV applications
Versol Solar is a manufacturer of ground and roof mounting products, tracking systems and building-integrated solutions for solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays. The company provides comprehensive technical support for solar projects […]
2013: The Australian year in solar
2013 was a huge year full of ups and downs for the solar industry globally and in Australia. What were some of the most important milestones, events and trends of […]
Government intentions to dilute the RET becoming clearer
The government’s intention to dilute the strength of the country’s Renewable Energy Target (RET) has become clearer, with Prime Minister Abbott accusing the scheme of ‘causing pretty significant price pressures’ […]
