Buying solar panels in Australia can seem complex especially when the information is not delivered by a credible source. This aside, recent advancements in the realm of solar have proven beyond reasonable doubt that solar energy is viable – not just in terms of saving money but also in drastically reducing our carbon footprint.

Energy experts have warned of a possible over-supply of solar energy to the grid during periods of low demand however the question is, will this lead to another solar feed-in tariff cutback?

A renowned climate scientist Professor Tim Flannery has released a new book that lays emphasis on greater solar panel intake. The book titled ‘Sunlight and Seaweed’, explores several technological breakthroughs in the country’s quest to harness natural resources.

The Clean Energy Regulator is offering additional support to potential Australian solar consumers in abet to help them determine whether they qualify to participate in the Small-scale solar Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES).

The Government of Queensland claims the Liberal National Party is using the inclusion of solar energy in its ‘Real Plan’ for energy to hide its ideological obsession with coal.

Last month Australian households and businesses installed a total solar capacity of 98MW on their rooftops, making it one of the highest months ever recorded in Australia.

The Cathedral College in Rockhampton has made history as the first Australian school to embrace Tesla’s Powerpack system poised to award the institution a 40 to 50 per cent energy savings.

Solar Power and planet earth are celebrating another great win, thanks to the decision by the world’s biggest coal mining company to shut down 37 of its mining sites since their operations are no longer financially viable as solar energy has become cheaper.

In May this year, one industry report showed Australian solar investments hit a record high in 2016. The 2016 report which was produced by the Clean Energy Regulator, highlighted in great detail Australia’s progress–obviously geared towards the realization of its 2020 renewable energy target.

Sources of renewable energy such as solar power and wind are getting just as cheap or even cheaper than the traditional carbon-intensive alternatives such as coal.

Tax breaks for small businesses and those that fall within the top tax bracket took effect early this month, and are bound to weigh heavily on people’s hip pockets.

Solar power and planet earth are celebrating another great win, thanks to the decision by the world’s biggest coal mining company to shut down 37 of its mining sites since their operations are no longer financially viable, thanks to cheaper solar energy.

Electricity prices for businesses and households across Australia have increased sharply in recent years and indications are rife that the prices will keep skyrocketing. Based on EnergyAustralia’s latest announcement, the company plans to increase electricity prices in Sydney by 19.

A feed-in tariff is just another great benefit of installing solar panels. The renewable energy feed-in tariff is a rate paid to eligible households, small businesses and community organisations for excess electricity fed back to the electricity grid from designated renewable electricity generation sources such as solar panel systems, solar thermals, hydro systems or wind turbines.

The futuristic Tesla is obviously a massive game changer in the world of technology. From next gen Tesla vehicles, Tesla solar roofs to storage battery banks, the company is becoming absolutely dominant.

Harnessing the sun’s rays within space and transmitting them back to the planet earth is a mind boggling process and truly out of this world—but no, it could become a reality sooner than we ever thought thanks to the scientists based at Russia’s Rostec Corporation.

The government of New South Wales plans to set up 12 more solar farms which are expected to boost the nations lead in solar power investments.

From 1 July 2017, more than 130,000 Victorian solar households will benefit from the state government’s unprecedented move to steeply increase solar feed-in tariff for the year 2017/18.

South Australia successfully managed to avert impending blackouts after 600MW of power generation capacity were abruptly lost, right as Adelaide welcomed the Clipsal 500 and Adelaide Festival.

The Queensland Government recently made announcements in regards to major solar and wind energy projects within the state. This process began with the signing of support deeds for various large-scale solar projects near Oakey, Collinsville and Longreach.

The solar market in the USA nearly doubled its installations last year according to the country’s annual record, ranking solar energy the topmost generator of electricity capacity increases in 2016.

Kudos to Enphase Energy, Inc., the winner of this year’s EuPD Research seal of approval for “Best Inverter 2017” in the UK, France and Netherlands.

The Victorian Labor government has invited expressions of interest to set up their 20MW battery storage system poised to become the first grid-scale battery storage plant of its kind in Australia.

When it comes to choosing the most ideal solar panels, the common fallacy that Tier 1 means excellent quality is deceiving. There’s no denying Tier 1 is a good place to begin when selecting your brand of solar panel, however not all Tier 1 panels are made equal.

Based on recent estimates from the German Solar Association (BSW-Solar), the capacity of installed solar power around the globe is about 300 gigawatts. According to the Association, approximately 70 gigawatts of solar power systems were installed around the world in 2016, covering an increase of about 30 percent of the capacity recorded in 2015.

Following a timely feature on RealEstate.com.au towards last November, solar system owners placing their homes on sale are now having an edge over other listed properties.

With less than a week in office, the U.S president was already trumping on energy matters! Following updates on the WhiteHouse.gov website, significant amendments relating to climate change and energy were made in less than an hour after the new U.

The world’s biggest online payment system, PayPal, is going solar by outsourcing some of its electricity needs from an Arizona solar farm. The 40MW Arizona-based Red Rock Solar Plant was recently unveiled and will be the largest grid-scale solar power project to be initiated by Arizona Public Service (APS).

Mark Bailey, the Minister for Energy, Biofuels and Water Supply recently revealed that Queensland has achieved over 50 per cent of its quest to meet the Government’s 2020 solar target of producing 3,000 megawatts of generation capacity from installed solar panels.

Enphase has announced its participation in the world’s first ever apartment building project that combines solar panels, in-house battery storage and energy management software—all happening in Australia.

The New Energy Solar, an Australian sustainable investment fund has invested in the vast US solar market, acquiring a majority interest in two of California’s largest solar farms built by SunPower, a US-based PV giant.

Given the advancement in solar technologies in the last two years, it’s no surprise that most solar energy companies are employing twice as many people compared to the coal industry.

One of the most amazing things about research on renewable energy is the development of affordable and more efficient ways of harvesting hydrogen from water. This is as a result of its ability to provide a round-the-clock green fuel and energy storage solution that truly works.

Julie Bishop, the Australian Foreign Minister recently released details of the new Australian embassy building in Washington D.C. The Australian-based company Bates Smart has been contracted to design and construct a new embassy to replace the existing structure which was built in the mid-1960s.

Carl Elkin, a U.S-based engineer and employee at Google started using his free time to tinker with the company’s 3D mapping program in a bid to find out if it could actually identify rooftops that receive adequate sunlight, and consequently make rooftop solar panel installation worthwhile.

A decade ago, you might have noticed a couple of houses around with solar power systems installed on their rooftops- what exists today is vastly different.

Total, a leading French-based multinational oil and gas company unveiled their $300 million investment in installation of about 200 MW of solar power capacity at 5,000 gas stations across the globe.

According to recent reports by Navigant Research, Lithium-ion battery technology remains the leading energy storage battery technology for new projects initiated globally within the third quarter of 2016, with the exemption of pumped hydro storage.

A recent report has revealed that Sonnen, a battery system made in Germany has grown in popularity across the nation’s home storage battery industry and is now considered the number one choice for most solar system owners.

SolarCity and Tesla Motors, both American based businesses, recently launched a new advanced technology that will enable households to use their rooftop solar tiles to capture solar energy.

The float of Inghams is poised to cause feathers to fly among poultry farmers across Australia who are left with no choice but to look for alternative ways to cut costs—and what better way than going solar?

From mid next year, folks in Victoria are expected to sell their solar energy back into the grid at variable prices, allowing them to cash in more at peak times.

A conference recently held in London has determined that copper will play a vital role in promoting a greener, clean and more sustainable world. Stakeholders in the copper industry have had it rough for quite a while now.

The Australian Minister for Education and Training, Mr. Simon Birmingham, recently announced funding of $416.6 million towards the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) National Competitive Grants Programme.

Consisting of up to 65 percent of the global energy consumption and 70 percent of all the anthropogenic carbon emissions, IRENA says cities must rise up to the occasion in playing a vital role in making the shift to a low-carbon economy.

The Source is actually a “drinking water solar panel” that generates fresh, clean water delivered right to a tap. Zero Mass Water is an Arizona company that is rolling out an innovative technology that can extract water from the air and condense it, with all the equipment being powered by the sun.

Over 40 new electric vehicle charging stations will be set up on the streets of Adelaide City this coming year; and EV owners will use them free of charge—yes you read that right; free!

According to estimates in a recent report, universities in Australia are now consuming almost double what they consumed a decade ago; and it’s bound to increase.

Kmart, the discount department store chain in Australia is the latest in a series of big retailers to embrace commercial solar, following its commissioning of another 100kW system at their Port Macquarie, NSW site which is under construction.

Kmart, the discount department store chain in Australia is the latest in a series of big retailers to embrace commercial solar, following its commissioning of another 100kW system at their Port Macquarie, NSW site which is under construction.

Australia is set to experience one of its biggest ever boom in large-scale solar projects over the next twelve months as a range of local policy incentives and international market factors take hold.

Australian policy debates are so loaded with dreadful scenarios you would think it’s a drunken mob fighting over a spilt pint. Even before SA’s lights shine bright, the culture warriors are already putting blame on wind turbines for causing the raging storms.

The announcement regarding the closure of Hazelwood Power Station has finally been made, and just as expected, opinions differ about the effect of its cessation on electricity prices in NSW, Victoria and South Australia.

The attack on renewable energy initiatives and climate policies has taken a new shape: having abolished nearly all the effective policies at the federal level, the focus is now turning to the state-based targets, using the usual argument of higher costs and insignificant diminution as the basis for the assault.

Tesla is already marketing its new advanced Powerwall battery system to Australian homeowners with the impression that it could offer a possible cost saving of up to $1,500 per annum in electricity bills.

Latest reports indicate that some energy retailers in the Australian market are taking advantage of the uncertainty and consumer confusion as the New South Wales solar bonus scheme closure draws near.

The moment Australians have been waiting for is finally here. The first weeks of September saw the installation of the GCL E-KwBe amidst an inundation of great reviews.

Despite having a huge chunk of money in the bank and freehold title to 170 square kilometres of land in the east of Tennant Creek, members of Munungurra Aboriginal Corporation could not afford to comfortably live in their country of birth and origin.

Contenders in future World Solar Challenges are likely to be the rising solar installers and engineers from the current narrowed-down solar car race in Wodonga, Victoria.

We hear a lot about STCs, Feed-In Tariffs and government rebates – but what exactly are STCs? According to the Solar Credits scheme, a qualifying solar PV system automatically comes with small-scale technology certificates (STCs—previously called RECs), which have a price.

A recent study by the Climate Institute reveals that solar power is still the preferred source of energy among many Australian households. The same report indicates that there’s little preference for coal or other fossil fuel energy sources.

Australian policy debates are so loaded with dreadful scenarios you would think it’s a drunken mob fighting over a spilt pint. Even before South Australia’s lights shine bright, the culture warriors are already putting blame on wind turbines for causing the raging storms.

The total global utility-scale solar PV generating capacity was an impressive 45GW by mid of last year, more than twice the amount produced at the end of 2013 according to figures from Wiki-Solar.

THE sun is the world’s battery pack. Photosynthesis captured the energy that is burned in fossil fuels. The sun drives the wind and ocean currents. And in an hour and a quarter the amount of sunlight that threads through the clouds to the Earth’s surface could power all the world’s electricity, vehicles, boilers, furnaces and cooking stoves for a year.

Global perceptions of renewable energy have been changing gradually as technologies become more advanced, adaptable and innovative. Traditional views in opposition to the adoption of renewable energy sources in both developed and developing nations has been that the drawback of renewable energy comes in the form of economic losses with the hardest hit being the world’s poor.

Solar energy is created by converting the sun’s rays electricity. As a renewable energy source, this environmentally friendly alternative to burning fossil fuels is both convenient for you and beneficial to the world.

<p> According to the latest statistics, the number of solar power facilities across New Zealand has more than tripled in a year and a half.

Fed up with their hefty electricity bill, managers at Cochin International Airport in southern India took matters into their own hands. Three years ago, they began adding solar panels — first on the roof of the arrivals terminal, then on and around an aircraft hangar.

A housing cooperative in the Sydney suburb of Newtown will make Australian history with the installation of a full solar storage system that will power the housing complex.

In December 2015, close to 200 countries from all around the world signed the COP21 Paris Agreement, henceforth committing to decreasing their share of greenhouse gas emissions… and subsequently putting a stop to global warming.

Several years ago, Nick Rajkovich bought 1,200 acres in California’s Fresno County, planning to grow almonds for his family’s farming business. The ranch had a steady supply of water at the time.

Experts are predicting that solar energy today is just the beginning of something huge. When cellular phones were first released, leading consultants were skeptical, and companies were advised to withdraw their investments.

The second-largest utility-scale solar power plant in Australia is expected to be fully operating by the end of 2015. The 53MW solar farm in Broken Hill, NSW, installed the project’s final advanced photovoltaic modules successfully.

Just under two weeks ago SolarCity announced their most efficient solar panel, however Panasonic has quickly surpassed them with their high-powered photovoltaic module. SolarCity bragged of a module efficiency exceeding approximately 22 per cent, however Panasonic’s Eco Solutions division has now announced that their new prototype solar panel is said to sit at 22.

A Global Data study has revealed that solar energy is now the leading renewable energy source in Australia. Wind and bio technology have taken a back seat to solar energy use as government rebates and incentives are encouraging more Australians to move to solar technology.

Places that may have previously been seen as an unlikely power source are now possible with the advent of smarter solar. The future of solar energy will no longer be confined to rooftops or vast flat landscapes- it may just be popping up in some very unexpected places.

SolarCity has recently created the world’s most efficient rooftop solar panel that includes a 22 per cent conversion efficiency. The sun-powered startup that was founded by Lyndon and Peter Rive (Elon Musk‘s cousins), SolarCity, announced their construction last week.

Recent research suggests that solar energy within Australia is fast becoming the nation’s preferred energy source as opposed to the coal generated energy system. With some of the best conditions in the world for sun energy production, studies have further revealed various advantages that positively impact both health and the environment.

Swedish company Ripasso is testing a solar power generation system in the Kalahari Desert that is said to be the world’s most efficient, and is set to change the solar energy future.

Melbourne is home to the world’s largest network of electric-powered trams, and a ground-breaking proposal intends to put more emphasis on the use of renewable solar energy to power them.

U.S solar giant SunEdison is leading the solar energy market with its innovative large-scale projects. At the advent of the solar industry, many businesses took a risk getting involved when the market itself looked quite volatile and uncertain.

Google’s new mapping and analysis tool for potential solar energy consumers has now made solar installation a very simple process. Thanks to the fall in the cost of installing solar power, more homeowners are now turning to solar energy as a viable option for cutting their energy bills, which also increases the home value.

NASA has recently designed an electric aircraft that they hope will help usher in a brand new era in the history of aviation – a period where planes finally use clean and environmentally-friendly power.

As rooftop solar PV systems are expected to grow as much as 5 times within the next 15 years, Origin Energy has decided to concentrate on the domestic solar market.

Solar energy has been around for a while, but it has only been in the last few years as technology has improved that it has become a viable option for majority of consumers.

The threat posed by climate change to the US and the rest of the world is real, but according to the GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), solar energy in the US is in high gear, with solar projects being completed left and right.

Back in 2008 SolarMax became the fifth leading inverter manufacturer for the renewable energy industry. However, last December 2014 the company hit a snag when its parent company, Sputnik Engineering, declared bankruptcy.

AGL’s soon to be operational Nyngan solar plant is poised to deliver more than half of Australia’s utility-scale solar photovoltaic capacity. In a report by Bloomberg on talks with First Solar, solar developer and PV panel manufacturer, the plant could potentially start delivering on that promise in the very near future.

The “State of American Energy Report” by the American Petroleum Institute (API) released in January 2015 has once again highlighted the importance of utilizing solar energy to sustain the future of America.

As the Australian solar energy industry continues to grow and research in the field expands with it, the cost of the renewable energy technology decreases.

The state law of Missouri protects the right of its residents to use solar power systems in their private properties. That was how Cole County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Green ruled in the case of the Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association (MOSEIA) and co-plaintiff husband and wife James and Frances Babb versus the City of Clarkson Valley and its Board of Aldermen.

Renewable Energy Corporation (REC), one of the leading suppliers of Solahart’s 225 solar panels was recognized as the “Best Company for Sustainability in Solar Energy Solutions”.

Astute observers in the power industry say that in the next 20 years, the United States will meet its electrical energy needs from solar energy in full.

Prepaid solar energy could very well be the savior for the rental markets challenge of heightening electricity bills. Approximately 1.8 million rooftops in Australia belong to the residential rental market.

Yingli Green Energy Australia, popularly known as Yingli Solar, has just installed a photovoltaic (PV) system, through Photon Energy Australia, at the Australia Post’s Star Track House at its New South Wales headquarters in Sydney’s Strawberry Hills.

Australia is an industrialized country and one of those where greenhouse gas emissions have gone through the roof as much as 29 tons per year. In the last 20 years amount of emissions that are generated per dollar of GDP are increased, this has made it emission intensive economy holder.

True to its dedication to providing affordable solar solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial consumers who would like to switch to a more sustainable and renewable energy source, Euro Solar offers a 2KW package for the provision and installation of an upgradable 3KW inverter.

An Adelaide solar project Geits ANZ is proposing, is the construction of a floating solar power plant that is designed to be more than 50 percent more efficient than solar power systems based on land.

Essendon Football Club, the most successful team in the history of Australian-rules football, is set to begin training at a brand new facility in coming weeks – a green building called the True Value Solar Centre.

The first company to ever manufacture hot water systems using solar energy, Solahart has made over a million systems not only for Australia but for world markets as well since 1953.

IEA PVP’s Snapshot of Global PV 1992-2013 ranks Australia as the 10th country worldwide with the most solar power installations, not far behind the United Kingdom, Greece, Romania and India.

You can see if an industry is growing or not by looking at the cold facts. With regards to Sydney solar energy matters, statistics show that there is a steady increase in the supply and consumption of electric power generated by photovoltaic cells or solar panels.

More Australians are saving on their electricity bills through the use of solar energy, according to a new report by the Climate Commission. The Solar Energy report of the said commission cited that 10 per cent of Australians or roughly 2.

Coal seam gas (Natural CSG) is a form of natural gas that is located around coal deposits. Just like coal, CSG is formed by fossilized plant matter that has been under pressure for millions of years.

“What is the difference between solar energy and geothermal energy?” It’s not the most common question however I do get it thrown at me every once in a while and on that basis I thought it’s time to clarify for the views.

QUT researcher, Paolo Corrada, is developing a home cooling and heating system which runs independently of the electricity grid through a solar panel system. The system has been based on highly efficient absorption-chiller technology and will cut energy consumption by 90 percent.

The Greens are calling on the Bega Valley Shire Council on the New South Wales far south coast to capitalise on the emerging renewable energy market.

The Bligh Government’s $4 million plan to help power Hervey Bay with renewable energy has hit another key milestone today. Energy Minister Stephen Robertson said Queensland Health had now completed contractual arrangements with ABB Australia to install a 266 kilowatt solar panel system worth $1.

An Italian company is currently exploring the potential of using expanses of water to host solar power systems. Scienza Industria Tecnologia is developing the Floating Tracking Cooling Concentrator (FTCC) System; created for use on lakes and small basins.

Europe’s second-largest oil company, BP Plc. has plans to abandon a task receiving Australian government funding to build a solar power plant in New South Wales.

Energy Minister Stephen Robertson high-fived Queensland households and businesses yesterday for their enthusiastic participation in the state’s solar power revolution and sought to quash rumours circulating in recent days that the state’s initiatives were facing problems.

A Queensland solar energy milestone Solar-savvy Queensland households have helped the state reach an important Queensland solar energy target more than three years ahead of schedule.