Streamlining Solar Businesses

A solar and battery microgrid installed at the Aboriginal community of Titjikala in the Northern Territory has supplied an average of 83% renewables over the month of September, often covering 100% of the remote town’s energy needs. Titjikala’s 400kW solar array and 970kWh battery energy storage system was installed through the Solar Energy Transformation Program…

REC Group has launched a new 470 watt rooftop solar panel, the highest power residential PV module the Norway founded and Singapore based manufacturer has yet produced. The Alpha Pure-RX, which REC will showcase in Australia at the All-Energy conference in Melbourne next week, is the latest from the company’s Alpha Series of panels. Like…

Australia’s rooftop solar growth was driven by increasing interest in electric vehicles and home batteries, with residential solar installations reaching a record 2.5GW.

Rosemary Grundy’s detailed analysis shows break-even on solar, storage, and two Teslas in just under 9 years, inspiring others to transition to renewables for financial and environmental benefits.

NSW launches Peak Demand Reduction Scheme offering discounts on home batteries to boost solar storage uptake and reduce coal dependency.

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…