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Australia in midst of solar market shakeup with TW Solar entrance, historic global pricing plunge
Australia’s solar market and pricing has been shaken up in recent months with the entrance of Tongwei Solar. Compounding this is the global free fall in panel pricing, which solar analyst Warwick Johnston says is yet to properly hit…
Adding rooftop solar to social housing tenants brings equality, savings
Modelling from UNSW and the Australian PV Institute has found governments investing in rooftop solar for state-owned and NGO-owned social housing would save low-income tenants money, deliver returns within just a handful of years, and…
Energy management system to combine residential PV with gravity storage
Researchers in Morocco have created a new energy management system that allows the combination of rooftop PV with gravity storage. The proposed system is reportedly able to perform smart energy distribution within a household while also…
Mitigating residential duck curve via solar pre-cooling
Solar pre-cooling consists of using residential PV systems to run air conditioners to pre-cool residential and commercial buildings. It offers benefits in terms of mitigating low minimum demand in electricity networks, flattening the grid’s…
DAS Solar establishes Australian subsidiary
Chinese module manufacturer DAS Solar has launched an Australian subsidiary, an investment the company says reflects its confidence in the region’s solar market. August 2, 2023 David CarrollImage: DAS SolarDAS Solar entered the Australian…
Brisbane startup launches Australian-made home EV charger
Queensland electric vehicle charging technology startup Evos has unveiled its first home charger, a 7 kW wall-mounted device designed to add up to 35 kilometres of range to an electric vehicle for every hour it’s plugged in. July 20, 2023…
Solar will be in ‘unassailable position’ as cheapest source of electricity
Solar levelized cost of electricity will reach less than $45 (USD 30) per MWh in 2050 as global capacity grows 22-fold, said DNV. July 5, 2023 Ryan KennedyGlobal risk management firm DNV offered its annual outlook on the global energy…
Weekend read: Solar recycling’s glass ceiling and other problems
From pv magazine ISSUE 06/23At the end of 2022, Reclaim PV, one of Australia’s most recognised solar panel recyclers, went broke. Clive Fleming, its founder, said Reclaim PV’s income streams dried up just as the three-year lease at its…
Cambodia to scrap rooftop PV capacity charge, introduce new tariffs
Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has published a document outlining principles to permit the use of rooftop PV. The new policy replaces a monthly capacity fee for rooftop systems, with a tariff calculated based on an intricate…
IEA report reveals shift to clean energy accelerating
Solar has been described as the “star performer” by the International Energy Agency which has forecast that global investment in clean energy is on course to rise to $2.61 trillion (USD 1.7 trillion) in 2023, with spending on solar set to…