Compare Solar Panel Prices Today
Get 3 FREE quotes for solar and save thousands of dollars today!
China’s $360B renewable investment to combat air pollution
air pollution China Chinese Solar President Trump Sungrow
It’s no secret – China has an air pollution crisis. As a matter of fact, some of its cities have thick smog layers hanging over them, with thousands of deaths reported each year as a result of this.
$930 Million Investment into Indian Solar PV
GCL Indian solar Softbank Group Corporation Solar PV
The Japan SoftBank Group Corporation in conjunction with GCL System Integration Technology, a Chinese-based company is set to unveil a $930 million joint solar power investment which forms part of its broader solar venture roadmap into Indian solar.
Recent energy rules could blow up electricity bills
AEMC electricity bills Energy retailers Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act
The NSW and Federal government are collaborating under an initiative aimed at helping consumers to shop around and find the best energy deals despite speculations that this could actually mean increased electricity bills.
Australia’s energy storage boom
Battery storage Climate Council Energy Storage NEG
Australia is set for an energy storage explosion thanks to the plummeting costs of energy storage technologies like battery storage and solar thermal. According to a report dubbed Fully Charged: Renewables and storage powering Australia, the Climate Council provides the scope of advances in the energy storage space and emphasises that the cost of installing solar and batteries has never been lower for the average Australian household, and further reductions in cost are expected over the next couple of years.
NT solar following in SA’s footsteps
Battery storage Northern Territory NT Solar Territory Generation
In its quest to achieve a 50 per cent renewables target by 2030, the Top End is set to install the second biggest battery in the world.
VIC introduces time-varying solar feed in tariff
Feed-in tariff FiT varying solar feed in tariff varying tariff
The Essential Services Commission of Victoria has provided the final details of its first ever varying solar feed in tariff (FiT) that will take effect from July 1, 2018, and thereafter become compulsory.
High-end renewable project headed for SA
electric vehicles renewable project Sonnen Sonnen Battery South Australia Tesla
South Australia’s ambition to become a global hub for renewables has attracted a chain big names including Neoen, SolarReserve, Elon Musk of Tesla, Sanjeev Gupta, Carnegie, Sonnen the German battery maker as well as Ross Garnaut of Zen Energy.
Microsoft set to sweep Singapore’s distributed solar market
Brian Janous distributed solar Microsoft Singapore Sunseap
The ambitious Microsoft is on its way to becoming the biggest distributed solar company in Singapore. And why not? As it turns out, this is even safer than developing a utility-scale project, as noted by Brian Janous, Microsoft’s general manager of energy.
President Trump attacks renewables with solar tariff
China President Trump solar tariff
President Donald Trump’s move to slap tariffs on imported solar equipment is the biggest blow to the renewables industry yet. Apparently, the United States proposed solar tariff has imposed duties of about 30 per cent on solar systems made abroad, a decision that threatens to ultimately collapse the $28 billion industry that heavily relies on imported parts for at least 80 per cent of its supply.