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Global market comparison study ranks Australia 10th in race to renewables
A study forecasting 39 country’s renewable energy generation per capita and net zero emissions target ranks Australia tenth in the world based on a projected 4.79 TWh of renewable generation per million people by 2028. September 6, 2024 Ev…
Victoria’s future energy plan includes 7.6 GW additional solar by 2035
In the next decade, the Victorian government’s four pillar energy plan will seek to add a minimum of 6.3 GW of rooftop solar, 1.2 GW of large distributed solar up to 30 MW, and 3 GW of utility solar. August 21, 2024 Ev FoleyThe Victorian…
Solar cell innovator Sundrive restructures for future commercialisation
Australian solar cell innovator Sundrive has announced job cuts, a change of leadership and restructure of the business to prepare for commercialisation of it’s copper electrode technology. August 8, 2024 Ev FoleySunDrive SolarSydney-based…
GoodWe Galaxy panels provide no-penetration solution for rooftop install
A 30 kW solar array featuring GoodWe’s lightweight Galaxy series solar panels has been ‘glued’ atop a six-storey residential building on Queensland’s Gold Coast to provide a no-penetration solution that preserves the integrity of the…
GoodWe unveils double-glass TOPCon bifacial solar modules
GoodWe has developed new double-glass tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) bifacial solar modules for its Polaris series, available in 530 W and 580 W variants. July 11, 2024 Lior KahanaImage: GoodWeFrom pv magazine GlobalChina-based…
Feds provide backing for more than 420 community batteries to share rooftop solar
The Australian government has beefed up its commitment to community batteries to support the integration of renewable energy in the grid with more than 420 battery energy storage systems to be installed in neighbourhoods across the country…
RMIT leads global research into solar panel recycling
Melbourne’s RMIT University researchers are in Europe leading an international network focussed on advancing the reuse and recycling of solar panels, including critical mineral recovery. June 14, 2024 Ev FoleyResearchers from the Royal…
CEFC urged to pick up pace with household energy upgrades fund
The federal government has been urged to pick up the pace after the Clean Energy Finance Corporation opened the purse strings on a $1 billion fund that is to support cheaper finance for rooftop solar, home batteries and other energy…
Weekend read: Perovskites move into production
From pv magazine print edition 5/24World records for perovskite solar cells have a short shelf life. Until April 2022, a silicon-perovskite tandem cell from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), a German research organisation, led with an…
Smart Connect Solar tech boosts rooftop PV access in Broome
More than 6,000 homes and businesses in Western Australia’s Kimberley now have the option to install rooftop PV with regional energy provider Horizon Power confirming that its Smart Connect Solar technology that removes network hosting…