South Australia’s Home Battery Scheme has now [CLOSED], and no new applications are being accepted. This program previously offered subsidies of up to $2,000 for battery storage systems to homeowners […]
Category: Solar industry press releases & announcements
Articles focusing on press releases & industry announcements both within Australia and abroad.
Solar Analytics Plan Optimiser Demo and Review
Looking for our review of Solar Analytics Solar Monitoring? – click here. There are many comparison sites out there but electricity retailers are experts in making their plans difficult to […]
Sun Cable 10GW project signs development agreement with NT Government
The biggest solar project in the world passes another hurdle as Sun Cable signs a development agreement with the Northern Territory Government. The proposed $22 billion project will include a […]
Wind, solar and storage “price guarantee” key to lower costs for developers and consumers
The New South Wales government has unveiled plans to offer electricity price guarantees to underpin the development of new renewable energy projects under the state’s Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, that aims […]
Indonesian 145MW Floatovoltaic Plant to be built in West Java
Masdar a UAE based renewables developer has contracted a Solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Indonesia’s state-owned electricity company. The offtake agreement greenlights the countries first floating solar photovoltaic plant […]
Important Changes to Vic Solar Homes Program
The Smart Energy Council met with the Vic Government this week to discuss changes to the current Solar Homes Program, currently not favourable (putting it politely!) by many Victorian based […]
Tesla Unveils 3MWh “Megapack” Battery
Tesla has delivered its long-promised answer to the utility-scale energy storage boom, unveiling on Tuesday a 1.5MW/3MWh “megapack” battery that it says will go into direct competition with gas “peaking” […]
Clermont Solar Farm connects to the grid in Queensland
Wirsol’s 89MW Clermont Solar Farm has become the latest big solar project to start sending power to the grid in Australia, from its location north of Emerald in Queensland. The […]
Labor to invest $1B into School Solar Virtual Power Plants
Solar energy has been rapidly taken up by schools aiming to manage their growing energy bills with the majority of consumption matching sunlight hours. Participating schools would have solar and […]
Don’t stop us now: Open letter to politicians from clean energy industry
Renewable energy industry peak body the Clean Energy Council has published an open letter to Coalition and Labor Party politicians in the lead-up to the federal election, calling for bipartisan […]
Westpac taps NSW solar farm in shift to 100% renewables
Westpac has committed to source the equivalent of 100 per cent of its power needs from renewable energy resources by 2025, starting with a power purchase agreement with the Bomen […]
ACT Government: Actsmart Business Energy and Water Program
The ACT government’s ‘Business Energy and Water Program’ aims to assist eligible ACT businesses that want to upgrade to more water-efficient and energy-efficient technologies, including solar, lighting, appliances, heating or […]
Australia’s Clean Technology Future Event
Last night at Manly’s International College of Management Sydney located at St Patrick’s Estate, Zali Steggall hosted ‘Australia’s Clean Technology Future’ event. The event saw around 200 attendees young and […]
Solar Choice attend the Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition 2019
Smart Energy Council is the peak body for the solar, storage and smart energy in Australia. An annual event hosted by the Smart Energy Council provides an opportunity for renewable […]
Solar industry backs Steggall, as symbolic end to Abbott-era energy policies
The solar industry has thrown its weight behind the Independent candidate for Warringah, Zali Steggall, in her bid to oust former prime minister and chief renewables obstructionist, Tony Abbott, in […]
Zali Steggall Hosts: Australia’s Clean Technology Future
Solar Choice has been at the forefront of the push to solar energy here in Australia for over a decade. With our National Head Office being located in Manly since […]
Germany sources 65% of electricity production from renewables in last week
Germany’s 2040 target of 65 per cent renewable electricity generation is looking more and more achievable, with the EU nation managing to hit 64.8 per cent just this month, in […]
Networks unveil “safe and fair” rooftop solar, battery connection standards
Energy Networks Australia has this week released what it says mark the first nationally consistent approach for the installation of distributed energy resources. The standardised guidelines aim, in particular, to […]
Residential Solar uptake: Poorer homes purchasing quicker than the rich
The long entertained myth that solar is a form of luxury for the rich, that the poor aren’t able too afford has definitely passed its expiry date. In a new […]
Why Solar Choice provides the highest quality residential leads for installers
2018 was a record year for the amount of solar panels being installed on rooftops in Australia. However for solar installers the growth in the residential market has led to […]
Solar Choice attends NSW Smart Energy Summit
Solar Choice were “out of the office” last Tuesday 4th December to watch the Smart Energy Council play host to the NSW Smart Energy Summit. Pre-arrival the buzz was centred around […]
Annual Australia Solar + Energy Storage Congress & Expo 2018
The Solar Choice team is looking forward to the Annual Australian Solar + Storage Congress & Expo 2018, which will take place in Sydney this Wednesday & Thursday December 5-6, […]
NSW Emerging Energy Program
Earlier this month the NSW Government announced a $55 million program to encourage large scale electricity generation and storage projects. This comes as a welcome step forward, as NSW is […]
Another coal myth busted as developing nations turn to renewables
Developing nations have taken the lead on clean energy, a new study has shown, after adding a record 114GW of zero-carbon energy generating capacity of all types, 94GW of which […]
Shorten targets one million household batteries, focus on renewables
The federal Labor Party has unveiled an energy policy with a strong focus on driving the uptake of home solar and battery storage, as it builds on its pre-election promise […]
Tesla’s big battery completed at Gannawarra solar farm
Marking another milestone in Australia’s transition to renewables, Tesla’s second big battery in Australia has reached completion at the Gannawarra Solar Farm. The completion of the Ganawarra Energy Storage System […]
Malcolm Turnbull’s change of stance on 100% renewable energy
In his first major public media appearance since being dropped from the Prime Ministers role and leader of the Liberal Party, Mr Turnbull told the ABC TV’s Q&A program he loved […]
NSW launches emerging energy program to replace coal generation
The New South Wales Coalition government has launched an ambitious energy transition plan designed to help replace most of the state’s ageing coal plants with wind, solar and storage over […]
Solar Choice says “Thank-You” to its Customers
Now that Solar Choice has been in business for over 10 years it is not only timely to reflect on our achievements but also to say a massive thank-you to […]
IPCC Special Report states Urgent Action is Needed to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Impacts
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a report stating that at current rates our world will be 1.5C hotter by 2040 and 2C hotter by 2060. What […]
Australian rooftop solar installations pass 7.5GW milestone
New data has shown that another 125MW of small-scale rooftop solar was installed on Australian homes and businesses in the month of September, taking the total for calendar 2018 to […]
