New data shows that the payback period for residential solar systems – and also for battery storage – is once again shrinking as the upfront costs for installing home solar and storage steadily fall. As the chart below shows, the moving average payback for residential rooftop solar has been trending upwards since 2020, bouncing off…
Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic has unveiled its own building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) glass product which it says is the first to integrate perovskite solar cells with glass windows. The BIPV market is a rapidly expanding effort to incorporate solar generation into building materials such as glass windows and outdoor-facing façades. The development of new BIPV…
Solar panel technology has made enormous progress in the last two decades. In fact, the most advanced silicon solar cells produced today are about as good as the technology will get. So what’s next? Enter “tandem solar cells”, the new generation in solar technology. They can convert a much greater portion of sunlight into electricity…
Solar energy company REC Group has launched its highest power residential solar panel ever, a high efficiency 470Wp panel based on advanced heterojunction cell technology (HJT). Hailing from one of the more unlikely countries for a solar manufacturer, the Norwegian based REC Group launched its new 470Wp Tuesday at the RE+ 2023 conference in Las…
We talk with RayGen’s Richard Payne at the newly opened solar and storage plant in Carwarp. Plus: Consumer power to fill coal gap. You can find previous episodes of the Solar Insiders podcast here or on your favourite podcast platform. Pylon is a proud sponsor of Solar Insiders. nextracker is a proud sponsor of…
Specialised training programs to upskill electricians in home battery installation and in the design and delivery of off-grid power systems are being tested out in Victoria, backed by funding from the state Labor government. The industry collaboration, led by not-for-profit Future Energy Skills, aims to create new courses and boost new energy technology qualifications in…
A solar farm proposed for central Queensland’s Calliope renewable energy zone has found itself the subject of some bizarre news reports this week, claiming that “contaminated run-off” from the project could threaten the Great Barrier Reef. The reports originate from a farmer who called in to Sydney’s 2GB radio on Tuesday to air his opposition…
New solar installations around the globe are expected to reach nearly 400 gigawatts (GW) in 2023, driven by soaring electricity prices and record low prices for solar modules. Energy analysts BloombergNEF’s latest analysis includes yet another increase in its prediction for annual installation capacity, driven by the fall in prices and huge activity in the world’s biggest…
We talk with RayGen’s Richard Payne at the newly opened solar and storage plant in Carwarp. Plus: Consumer power to fill coal gap. You can find previous episodes of the Solar Insiders podcast here or on your favourite podcast platform. Pylon is a proud sponsor of Solar Insiders. nextracker is a proud sponsor of…
Let’s make this pretty clear, because the Australian Energy Market Operator and the NSW government already have in the past week: The lights are not going to go out if Australia’s biggest coal generator, Eraring, closes as flagged in late 2025. But there might be other reasons to keep it going. For one, there is…
Amp Energy says it has sealed a connection agreement for a new 300MWh big battery in South Australia that will be the foundation stone of a massive solar and storage hub in the state. The deal between Amp, a global energy group backed by private investment firm Carlyle, said the deal for the 150MW, two…
A new upper-end rooftop solar panel has landed on the Australian market, with the local arm of global solar electrification outfit 1komma5° announcing it can now start taking orders for its Europe-made Full Black module. 1komma5°, which last year set up shop in Australia after taking a controlling stake in NSW-based PV and battery outfit…