Financing Your Solar Panels: Loans vs. Leases vs. Purchases
Before diving into solar benefits, finance your panels wisely. We explore buying outright, loans, and leases to match your solar journey.
Preparing Your Home for Solar Panel Installation: A Checklist
Embark on the journey to solar energy with confidence by following this comprehensive checklist, ensuring your home is primed and ready to harness the sun’s power efficiently and sustainably.
The Installation Process: What to Expect When Going Solar
As the sun rises over the Australian landscape, an increasing number of homeowners are looking towards the horizon and considering solar energy as a viable addition to their homes. The shift towards renewable energy sources is more than just a trend; it’s a reflection of a collective effort to reduce carbon footprints, save on energy […]
Optimal Inverter Placement in Residential Settings
Need help with where to install your solar inverter in your home? This guide explores optimal solar inverter location in residential settings, addressing common concerns like “where to place the inverter in the house” and “solar inverter inside or outside”. Learn about key factors for efficient and safe inverter placement, maximising your solar power system’s performance.
Super fund investor adds solar panels to $12 billion commercial property portfolio
There’s a commercial property solar boom in our cities, with one major player making a solar power investment in 59 office and retail properties nationwide. Super investor ISPT announced it is improving the value of its $12 billion property portfolio with solar panel system installations over four stages. No doubt some of this solar success […]
Besieged Victorian Premier considers expanding Solar Homes rebate program
A besieged Premier Daniel Andrews says he might consider raising the number of rebates available under Victoria’s Solar Homes Program. In the past fortnight, the Premier has faced protests by solar installers angry about the Victoria solar rebate scheme’s quota cap and poor implementation. Solar installers will hold a second rally for change tomorrow, August […]
Regulator takes wind farms to court over 2016 South Australian blackout
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has taken legal action against operators of wind farms whose shutdown contributed to the 2016 South Australian blackout. The “black system” occurred on September 28, 2016 following damage to transmission lines due to extreme weather. In 2017, the Australian Energy Market Operator found protection mechanisms had then disconnected some wind […]
Solar installers to drop in on Victorian Premier for Solar Homes Program protest #2
The Smart Energy Council is planning a second Melbourne protest calling on the Victorian Government to rethink its Solar Homes Program. Industry members say the scheme is damaging the state’s solar industry and sending solar operators bankrupt. This week’s rally on Thursday, August 8 will kick off at 11am in front of Premier Daniel Andrews’ parliamentary […]
Renewable Energy Target driving upturn in Australian utilities construction
Construction in the Australian utilities sector is rebounding, thanks to renewable energy infrastructure driven by the 2020 Renewable Energy Target (RET). According to a recent Macromonitor utilities report, utilities construction would be in decline without RET-driven investment in clean energy projects like solar. However, once the RET ends there is no follow up policy in […]
AGL’s Liddell coal-fired power station to close a year later than planned
Energy giant AGL has confirmed it will keep producing energy at its New South Wales Liddell coal fired power station until 2023 in order to help secure the grid. AGL told the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) that only one of Liddell’s four generators will close in April 2022. This was the previous planning in […]
