20 April 2026 As rooftop solar uptake spreads to all corners of the globe, the problem of how to manage distributed generation in cities with tropical climates – where rolling thunderstorms regularly eclipse the sun – is becoming increasingly acute.…
12 February 2026 The City of Casey in Victoria has installed a small wind turbine at a working community and children’s farm that is expected to slash the facility’s annual energy costs by $20,000 a year – money that can…
17 December 2025 The march of change on Australia’s main grids grinds on, with the nation’s rapidly growing fleet of big batteries discharging more energy into the National Electricity Market in November than peaking gas generators. According to Windlab’s David…
31 October 2025 Renters and apartment dwellers may finally have an opportunity to join the energy transition, as two very new startups pitch a rental-friendly battery and a “cloud”. One is offering a mini 3.5 kilowatt hour (kWh) stackable battery…
23 Apr 2025 Why recyclability matters now Australia installed its first mass wave of rooftop PV between 2010 and 2015. Those modules will begin leaving roofs in large numbers early next decade. Conventional recycling shreds glass and aluminium but loses high‑value silver, copper and…
21st March 2024 Residential and commercial solar could assist in detecting wildfires, if the systems were able to share the real-time data they collect that indicates smoke cover. PV (photovoltaic) systems could provide an early warning detection of wildfires by…
14th February 2024 Chinese solar PV manufacturing giant Trina Solar has announced it is launching a new range of its Vertex S+ series panels which will be designed specifically to help improve energy management of commercial buildings. The new Trina…
25th January 2024 If you happened to be looking at the sky in Europe on a cold night on February 5 1993, there is a chance you could have seen a dim flash of light. That flash came from a Russian…
15th November 2023 The City of Casey in Victoria has installed a small wind turbine at a working community and children’s farm that is expected to slash the facility’s annual energy costs by $20,000 a year – money that can…
12th September 2023 Chinese solar manufacturing giant Trina Solar announced this week that it has begun mass production of its Vertex N 700W+ series solar modules, marking what it says is the start of the “PV 7.0 Era”. Trina Solar’s…
