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In January 2020, California became the first state to require all new houses to be built with solar panels. Today, Environment America is launching a first-of-its-kind campaign calling on states across the country to set similar standards…

A very small number of PV systems installed on Australian rooftops are considered to be potentially unsafe, the Clean Energy Regulator’s new report finds. Water entering DC isolators is identified as the greatest risk and the most common…

Rooftop solar applications and interconnections are increasing across Hawaiian Electric’s five-island service territory, despite COVID-19, according to a press release from Hawaiian Electric. New applications totaled 126 for the week…

Chinese module supplier and project developer Risen Energy has signed its largest distribution agreement in Australia with One Stop Warehouse looking to bring new products to the market, including its ultra-high-power 500 Wp+ solar…

Buildings Published on June 23rd, 2020 | by Kyle Field June 23rd, 2020 by Kyle Field The innovative clean tech kids at SolarEdge launched a new inverter optimized for integration of solar and energy storage. The new Energy Hub…

The Lead Adelaide-based company SUHO has advised the construction industry on sustainability across Australia for more than 15 years and is also putting the finishing touches on South Australia’s first 10-star home. This month the company…

Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) announced today that it has finished and energized its “Fulton” solar project, a 2.7-megawatt DC community solar farm comprised of nearly 7,000 solar panels and built across 15 acres in Fulton County, Illinois.…

Singapore-based commercial and industrial solar developer Cleantech Solar has secured a US$75 million in green finance from ING Bank, the Asia Pacific’s largest ever C&I solar green loan. As the world’s fastest growing electricity…

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s announcement of the third tranche of projects to have fast-tracked assessments as part of the state’s effort to boost the economy in response to the impact of Covid-19 includes the program’s first…

Hugh Saddler, Australian National University Amid the urgent need to slow climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency makes sense. But as Australia’s chief scientist Alan Finkel last week warned, we’re not…