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Victorian homeowners can now join a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) pilot program through the Victorian Government’s Solar Homes scheme.  The benefits of signing up for a Solar Homes approved VPP include a higher battery rebate and VPP financial incentives designed

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South Australian households can now apply for a home battery subsidy worth up to $2,000 through the South Australian Home Battery Scheme.  Low interest loans are also available to help pay for the home battery and a new solar panels

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Solar self-consumption is a term that’s bandied around a lot in the solar industry. To be honest, the term – solar self-consumption – sounds a bit boring and techie But knowing about solar self-consumption is important. That’s because understanding solar

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Choosing the right solar company for your solar panels or battery installation is the most important decision you’ll make when you’re buying solar.  But how do you pick the right one from the thousands of solar installation companies in the

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A solar inverter is the most critical aspect of your solar power system. It’s also the component within your solar panels system that’s most likely to fail, that’s why selecting the right inverter is vital. This article: Explains the main

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Victorians can now apply for a battery rebate worth up to $3,500 when they install solar panels at the same time as a battery. Before 8 October 2021, homeowners had to have solar panels installed first.  Only then could they

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Battery storage is hugely popular in Australia.  Ask anyone who’s got solar panels whether they’d like a battery and the answer will most likely be YES!  But chances are they’ll also say: “when prices become more reasonable.” Fair enough too.

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With COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change conference starting on 31 October, climate change is rarely out of the news. Australia will be going to the talks in the unenviable position of being one of the world’s worst emitters of

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If you’re interested in home battery storage, chances are you’ve come across the term ‘virtual power plant’.  That’s because in the last few years, virtual power plants have been cropping up all over Australia – and indeed the world.   VPPs

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Most solar power monitoring systems are proprietary systems developed by solar inverter manufacturers.  What these solar monitoring systems will do is show you how much solar energy your solar panel system is producing – and send an alert if the