CleanTechnica » Australia Solar http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Solar Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels… Again (+ Other Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/28/solar-cheaper-fossil-fuels-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/28/solar-cheaper-fossil-fuels-solar-news/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2014 13:33:37 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76869 Here’s more solar fun for some lazy Sunday (or Monday after Christmas) reading. Enjoy! Solar $$ Solar Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels For New Chilean Projects? UK Solar Installations Still Offer Excellent ROI Peer-to-Peer Financing For Residential Solar Rolled Out In Arizona Living the EV/PV Dream: How I Chose to Pair My Solar System With an Electric

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/28/solar-cheaper-fossil-fuels-solar-news/feed/ 0 Australian Christians Giving Solar To Tony Abbott For Christmas http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/17/australian-christians-giving-solar-tony-abbott-christmas/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/17/australian-christians-giving-solar-tony-abbott-christmas/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:25:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76456 An interdenominational Christian group in Australia is currently raising funds to purchase solar panels and installation for the Prime Minister’s official residence, a crowdfunding opportunity that will either act as a push in the right direction for Australia’s leader, or yet another slap in the face for his current political stance on energy and the environment.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/17/australian-christians-giving-solar-tony-abbott-christmas/feed/ 6 Solar News: Home Energy Storage Market To Explode, Vivint Solar CEO Says Republican Congress Could Be Good, Renewable Energy In Germany (In Charts)… http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/18/home-storage-market-explode-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/18/home-storage-market-explode-solar-news/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:08:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75133 Here are some more great solar stories from around the interwebs, to complement our own solar stories: For Consumers 1. Going Solar Made Easier By Online Shopping Site and Staples Gift Cards 2. New Financing Models to Drive Demand for Commercial Solar 3. Crowdfunding Solar Power for the World’s Poorest People 4. This Social Network Connects Solar Homeowners 5. US

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/18/home-storage-market-explode-solar-news/feed/ 0 New Kangaroo Island Luxury Eco-Villas Are 100% Solar Powered http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/13/kangaroo-island-luxury-eco-villas-100-solar-powered/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/13/kangaroo-island-luxury-eco-villas-100-solar-powered/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:30:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74942 Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Visitors to South Australia’s Kangaroo Island can now venture completely off grid, with the unveiling on Wednesday of luxury accommodation that is 100 per cent solar powered. Two new 6-star energy rated eco-villas have been built by the Sea Dragon Lodge as part of a $318,000 expansion project

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/13/kangaroo-island-luxury-eco-villas-100-solar-powered/feed/ 3 13% of Southeast Queensland’s Home Electricity Demand Comes From Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/13/13-southeast-queensland-home-electricity-demand-comes-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/13/13-southeast-queensland-home-electricity-demand-comes-solar/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2014 06:00:04 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74910 Originally published on Planetsave. Australia may have a a crazy or completely corrupt prime minister running the show right now, but the solar energy market in Queensland is unstoppable. Approximately 25% of homes have rooftop solar panels there, and the number is still growing continuously. Recent data from southeast Queensland show that ~13% of the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/13/13-southeast-queensland-home-electricity-demand-comes-solar/feed/ 5 Australia Falls Out Of The Top 15 Utility-Scale Solar Countries http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/australia-falls-out-of-the-top-15-solar-energy-producing-countries/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/australia-falls-out-of-the-top-15-solar-energy-producing-countries/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:30:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74447 RenewEconomy. Sophie Vorrath. The global utility-scale solar market has clocked its fifth consecutive year of record growth, with newly released data showing total capacity has now reached 30.3GW, up from 21.5GW at the start of 2014. Figures released on Tuesday, along with the chart below, show that at the end of September the US was

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/australia-falls-out-of-the-top-15-solar-energy-producing-countries/feed/ 8 The Australian Solar Industry Has Grown By 1 GW Since July 2013 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/30/australian-solar-industry-grew-1-gw-since-july-2013/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/30/australian-solar-industry-grew-1-gw-since-july-2013/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:32:04 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74219 RenewEconomy. Australian households and businesses have installed more than 1GW of rooftop solar since July, 2013, with the rate of installations growing in the last few months due to uncertainty about the future of the renewable energy target. Data released by Green Energy Markets shows that in the past 14 months, more than 1,020MW of rooftop

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/30/australian-solar-industry-grew-1-gw-since-july-2013/feed/ 0 Top Solar Charts From Huge IEA Solar PV Report http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/17/top-solar-charts-iea-solar-pv-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/17/top-solar-charts-iea-solar-pv-report/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:00:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73541 The newest edition of the Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme report was recently released by the IEA — detailing a huge quantity of different aspects of the global solar PV market as well as country- and region-specific solar PV markets. This 19th edition of the report provides a number of highly interesting/useful graphs, some of which are posted below. Providing

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/17/top-solar-charts-iea-solar-pv-report/feed/ 2 Online Solar Investing, India’s #1 Solar Provider … (Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/21/online-solar-investing-india-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/21/online-solar-investing-india-solar-news/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:40:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70841 More solar news for your clicking, reading, commenting, and sharing pleasure: A new online solar investing platform has been set up by Palmetto Group. Solar projects should secure 6% return or greater. (Solar Love) NRG Energy (isn’t that a little repetitive?) has bought mobile solar startup Goal Zero. “NRG is one of the largest independent

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/21/online-solar-investing-india-solar-news/feed/ 1 Americans & Australians May Disagree On Solar Leasing http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/21/americans-australians-may-disagree-solar-leasing/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/21/americans-australians-may-disagree-solar-leasing/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:50:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70909 Rocky Mountain Institute. By Robert McIntosh. On a recent trip to Australia, I noticed that very few residential solar systems are leased. The vast majority are customer owned. Talking to industry experts, some claimed more than 90 percent of residential solar systems in Australia are customer owned. This is in stark contrast to the U.S., where

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/21/americans-australians-may-disagree-solar-leasing/feed/ 41 New Study: Solar Creating Jobs, Reducing Electricity Costs http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/01/new-study-solar-creating-jobs-reducing-electricity-costs/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/01/new-study-solar-creating-jobs-reducing-electricity-costs/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2014 09:50:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70073 Originally published on RenewEconomy By Emma Fitzpatrick Research just released shows that the Australian solar industry is growing quickly and pushing down electricity prices. The Australia Institute today released findings that solar is both creating jobs and pushing down electricity prices – contrary to the popular belief that renewable energy puts upward pressure on energy prices.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/01/new-study-solar-creating-jobs-reducing-electricity-costs/feed/ 9 Solar’s Disruptive Potential Discussed In McKinsey Report http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/10/solar-disruptive-potential-mckinsey-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/10/solar-disruptive-potential-mckinsey-report/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:10:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65098 For a variety of reasons, solar companies have had a hard time profit-wise in recent years. However, that doesn’t mean their sales haven’t been growing. The solar market has grown in size year after year, and for the companies that squeezed through the toughest of financial times, the future looks very bright, disruptively bright. Solar

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/10/solar-disruptive-potential-mckinsey-report/feed/ 24 First Solar To Construct 200 MW Of PV Power Plants For Australian Mines http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/03/first-solar-construct-200-mw-pv-power-plants-australian-mines/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/03/first-solar-construct-200-mw-pv-power-plants-australian-mines/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2014 12:10:18 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64766 Originally published on Kompulsa. First Solar has announced that it intends to construct a set of solar power plants amounting to 200 MW in Australia, to provide mines with power. These plants, assisted by diesel-fueled generators, are expected to reduce the electricity cost of mining firms in Australia and shield them from rising electricity prices.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/03/first-solar-construct-200-mw-pv-power-plants-australian-mines/feed/ 7 Australian Utilities Should Prepare For “Energy Darwinism” http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/14/australian-utilities-prepare-energy-darwinism/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/14/australian-utilities-prepare-energy-darwinism/#comments Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:00:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62589 Originally published on RenewEconomy. Leading investment bank Citigroup says Australian utilities will be impacted by the ‘energy Darwinism” that is currently sweeping the global electricity industries. And despite the opportunities that the transformation offers, incumbency is not likely to be an advantage and Australian utilities have a high risk that they will come off second best.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/14/australian-utilities-prepare-energy-darwinism/feed/ 0 Rooftop Solar Meets 20% Of South Australian Demand (With Graphs) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/11/rooftop-solar-meets-20-south-australian-demand/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/11/rooftop-solar-meets-20-south-australian-demand/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:40:14 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62471 Originally published on RenewEconomy. Here’s another interesting graph showing the growing impact of rooftop solar PV in Australia. In South Australia, the state with the highest penetration of rooftop solar in the country, rooftop solar PV probably contributed more than 20 per cent of the state’s demand between the hours of noon and 4pm on

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/11/rooftop-solar-meets-20-south-australian-demand/feed/ 10 Gas Networks Are Now Threatened By Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/11/gas-networks-now-threatened-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/11/gas-networks-now-threatened-solar/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:13:02 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62474 Originally published on RenewEconomy. Australia’s energy utilities have added a new element to their push for solar incentive schemes to be removed, arguing that gas networks now face the same threat as the nation’s network of poles and wires – a “death spiral” scenario where rising costs push consumers to consider other technologies. The Energy

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/11/gas-networks-now-threatened-solar/feed/ 2 South Australia Solar Shifted The Peak During The Heat Wave http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/07/solar-shifted-peak-sa-heat-wave/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/07/solar-shifted-peak-sa-heat-wave/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2014 08:45:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62314 Originally published on RenewEconomy. New analysis by the Australian Energy Market Operator has confirmed that the large amount of rooftop solar in South Australia helped shift the peak in demand during the recent heatwaves that affected the southern states. The analysis by AEMO compares how the electricity grid coped during the heat wave in 2014

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/07/solar-shifted-peak-sa-heat-wave/feed/ 1 Australia’s Solar Systems Are More Efficient Now http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/10/australias-solar-systems-efficient-now/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/10/australias-solar-systems-efficient-now/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:30:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=59892 Originally published on Renew Economy. Here are a couple of interesting graphs that come from Energex, the network operator in the south-east corner of Queensland, which is dealing with the highest penetration of rooftop solar systems in Australia, with the possible exception of Adelaide and surrounding areas. This first graph shows a remarkable jump in

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/10/australias-solar-systems-efficient-now/feed/ 2 What Happens When Energy Prices Are Zero? http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/10/happens-energy-prices-zero/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/10/happens-energy-prices-zero/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:00:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=59864 Originally published on RenewEconomy. Numerous studies tell us that 100% renewables is possible, and cost-effective. But how to structure an energy market where there is no fuel cost? Germany is already grappling with this dilemma, and the world is watching with interest. This is part of a series of articles on Germany Energiewende. More can

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/10/happens-energy-prices-zero/feed/ 130 Danny Kennedy’s Awesome Interview For Bloomberg TV http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/24/danny-kennedys-awesome-interview-bloomberg-tv/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/24/danny-kennedys-awesome-interview-bloomberg-tv/#comments Sun, 24 Nov 2013 22:55:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=59316 Originally published on Cost of Solar. Danny Kennedy, founder and president of Sungevity, was recently interviewed by Bloomberg TV. Most of the questions were about residential solar energy in the US in general. Danny knocked the ball out of the park so many times that I think someone should check to see if he’s on

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