Originally published on RenewEconomy. Australia’s solar PV market notched up a good month in July, with a major up-tick in volume driven largely by growth in Queensland, New South Wales and Victorian markets, and particularly due to a surge in the commercial (30-100kW) markets in these states. According to the … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy One of the more interesting graphs we saw at the Australian Energy Storage conference in Sydney last week was this presented at the APVI side-event by Warwick Johnston, from Australia’s leading solar market consultant Sunwiz. There are a couple of interesting points to be made. One … [continued]
Australia has not received the greatest wrap in renewable energy circles of late, due primarily to our long-standing reliance upon our massive coal deposits. According to CSIRO, coal “contributes more than 75% of Australia’s electricity needs” as well as being a massive export earner — Japan took a whopping 115.3 … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy Australia has passed through another significant solar milestone, reaching 3,000 MW (3 GW) of solar PV this month, as Queensland nudged the 1 GW mark and states such as South Australia reached household penetration rates of 25 per cent. “Solar power is reshaping Australia’s electricity market,” … [continued]
By Sophie Vorrath Reposted from RenewEconomy. The number of Australian homes with rooftop solar power systems has passed the magic one million mark, according to figures from the Clean Energy Regulator, confirming that the milestone was reached in March. SunWiz analysis of the REC Registry contained within PV market insights … [continued]
Reposted from RenewEconomy: Australia has experienced its own version of the “solar revolution” in the past two years, when some 2,000 megawatts (MW) of rooftop solar PV were added to households – mostly as the result of generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives. The fact that many of these tariffs … [continued]
