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South Australia feed-in tariff recipients could lose benefit by installing...

SA electricity distribution company South Australia Power Networks mentioned in a recently released ‘PV Process Update‘ (PDF) that anyone currently receiving one of the state’s solar feed-in tariffs...

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RESA’s VoltLogic attains AS4777 standard certification

Renewable Energy Systems Australia (RESA) has received approval for its VoltLogic to be connected to the grid under the Australian standard for solar system inverters, AS4777. The certification is of...

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Benefits of rooftop solar to the electricity grid are clearly visible in...

New data revealed by the network operator shows that the amount of rooftop solar installations has surged in South Australia, and it is having a real impact in shifting the peak demand, and...

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Over 30% of SA electricity came from renewables in 2013/2014, 1 in 4 homes...

South Australia has delivered on its 2020 renewable energy target six years head of schedule, with the state’s share of wind and solar nearing 33 per cent in 2013/14. Official data released by the...

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Rooftop PV frequently meets 1/4 of daytime electricity demand in SA

Rooftop solar PV is currently accounting for around 25 per cent of electricity demand in South Australia, for large parts of the day, new data has shown. Two graphs, taken from Saturday September 20...

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SAPN: Virtually all SA homes will have solar, half will have energy storage...

South Australia‘s network operator has predicted a dramatic uptake of distributed energy resources that would see almost all households in the state with rooftop solar by 2040 and more than half with...

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Networks in SA, QLD looking to micro-grids & storage for remote areas

South Australia’ electricity network operator has revealed plans to trial solar plus storage-based micro-grids in regional areas as an alternative to building or replacing poles and wires. In its...

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South Australians turn to solar amid rising retail electricity prices

In 2002, the South Australian government introduced sweeping reform in the electricity sector, allowing retailers to compete for customers. The basic idea was to give consumers a broader choice of...

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23% of South Australian homes now have solar panels

A total of 23 per cent of all households in South Australia now produce their own solar energy, according to new data, with another 17,000 installing rooftop PV systems in 2014 – a rise of 11 per cent...

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SA Power Networks could introduce $100 annual charge for solar homes

South Australia’s monopoly power network operator, SA Power Networks, has flagged the introduction of a $100 a year network surcharge on the state’s solar households. The proposal was revealed in a...

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Aussie property developers could skip grid to design microgrid-powered...

Australian property developers are exploring the option of not connecting newly built housing estates to the electricity grid, but instead offering solar and storage as part of a standard package,...

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Australian Energy Regulator rejects proposed fee on SA solar homes

A proposal by South Australia’s monopoly network operator to add a $100 a year tariff for households with rooftop solar has been rejected by the Australian Energy Regulator. As reported in May, SA...

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Adelaide City’s solar & energy storage incentives

Since 1 July 2015, the City of Adelaide has been offering some of the most generous incentives for solar power in Australia – and the only incentives for energy storage in the country. What are the...

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Demand charge reduction could change attractiveness of solar for SA businesses

Rooftop solar might have become a less attractive proposition for businesses in South Australia, after electricity consumption rates for business owners were slashed by SA Power Networks to one-fifth...

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Tesla fast-tracks Powerwall for Aussie market – first delivieries in late 2015

The arrival of Tesla’s Powerwall battery storage unit in Australia over the next few months will herald the biggest challenge to Australia’s electricity industry for decades. Tesla announced last...

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Solar changing electricity demand patterns, could reduce need for network...

A new report by Morgan Stanley analysts has illustrated how increasing amounts of rooftop solar on Australian networks is changing patterns of energy demand, and could mean networks will be able to...

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Proposed changes to SA retail tariffs could have dire implications for...

The uptake of rooftop solar in South Australia could be halved over the next five years if a change in the state’s electricity tariffs proposed by SA Power Networks is adopted. SAPN is proposing a new...

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Queensland Labor fights for fair rates for solar homes

The Queensland Labor government’s promise of a better deal for rooftop solar households has met with resistance from its most senior bureaucrat in the department of energy. Paul Simshauser, appointed...

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The thousand-member volunteer army keeping Australia’s solar strong

Do you own a solar system? Are you seriously thinking about getting one for your home or business? Are you a member of Australia’s solar industry? If you can answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions,...

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100% renewables cheaper than grid connection for Kangaroo island: ISF

South Australia’s Kangaroo Island would likely find it cheaper to go 100 per cent renewable, with its own resources, rather than stay connected to the main grid, according to a detailed study led by...

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