If you’re a Homeowner with roof top solar panels, you’ll want to make the most of the electricity they produce. The best way to reduce electricity costs and to increase […]
Solar Hot Water System: Everything You Need to Know
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How your hot water system affects your solar PV setup
The hot water system you use in your home has a big impact on how you size your solar panels, and on how you position them on your rooftop. That’s […]
CATCH Power – A solar diverter made for the Aussie market
CATCH Power is an Australian company who say they have crafted a solar diverter perfectly tailored to Australian market conditions. By March this year, the company will offer four different versions of […]
Diamond Energy customers opening their doors for Sustainable House Day 2015
This coming Sunday 13th September is Sustainable House Day. Over 200 leading environmentally friendly homes will open their doors to the public this weekend and welcome thousands of visitors looking […]
Solar Council launches campaign to oust Liberals in marginal Perth seat
The Australian Solar Council has launched a new campaign urging voters to stand up for solar and put the Liberal Party last in the up-coming by-election for the Perth seat […]
Over 2,000 Aussie solar jobs lost under Abbott government: ABS
Australia’s solar industry has been the major victim of the more than 2,000 job losses to hit the renewable energy sector in the years since the Abbott government came into […]
NSW councils & businesses come together to offer affordable on-site renewables & solar leases
A group of NSW municipal councils has joined forces to provide residents and small businesses with ready access to cheaper PV systems – including through a solar leasing option. Eight […]
Report shows path for Victoria to generate jobs, revenue through clean energy-friendly policy
Victoria could save tens of millions of dollars and generate hundreds of jobs by tweaking current policy settings on small-scale solar and energy efficiency, a new report has found. The […]
Solar PV market could go the way of solar hot water if RET is weakened
Australia’s rooftop solar PV market risked following in the disastrous path of the solar hot water market if changes were made to the Renewable Energy Target, industry has warned. Estimates […]
Developing nations drive global renewables growth with strong policy
Developing nations are driving new global renewables growth, with increasing numbers of governments around the world adopting strong policy mechanisms to boost renewable energy uptake and innovation, a new report […]
Solimpeks introduces new financing & distribution arrangement for solar hot water systems
Looking for ways to revitalize the Australian solar hot water market, Solimpeks Australia (who also manufacture hybrid solar PV / solar hot water modules) has introduced a 3-point, outside-the-box approach […]
Australia’s small-scale solar plants’ contribution now equivalent to 1GW coal plant: Clean Energy Regulator
A new report by Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has revealed that the nation’s total combined rooftop PV and solar hot water systems can generate enough renewable energy to displace the […]
Energy Networks Association argues against RET as households look to gas alternatives
The Australian solar industry is facing a new threat – this time from gas network operators who believe that incentives for rooftop solar and solar hot water if pushing their […]
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 […]
Australians overwhelmingly in support of distributed energy: APVA/CSIRO Study
About 2/3 of the respondents in a study conducted by the Australian Photovoltaics Association (APVA) in conjunction with CSIRO expressed support for distributed energy solutions–solar PV panels, solar hot water, […]
Solimpeks Hybrid PV-Thermal solar panels in Australia
Solimpeks is a manufacturer of unique hybrid solar photovoltaic/solar thermal modules–combined solar electricity and solar hot water. In addition to offering the ‘best of both worlds’, Solimpeks’ modules benefit from […]
Photovoltaic and Solarthermal hybrid technology: MIT and Boston College
Researchers at Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have produced a single technology that accomplishes what is currently only accomplished with two separate units: thermoelectric and photovoltaic […]
