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Energy retailers operating in Victoria cop a record $24.5 million in penalties
The Victorian Essential Services Commission has fined energy retailers operating in Victoria a record $24,467,958 for consumer protection breaches, including overcharging.
Researchers unmask fast charge potential of hard carbon anodes
Japanese researchers have found sodium-ion batteries using hard carbon anodes can intrinsically charge faster than lithium-ion batteries, challenging long-held assumptions in battery research.
First Nations groups encouraged to work with utilities to achieve solar on every household
First Nations Point Pearce Aboriginal Community in South Australia has negotiated with AGL Energy to have rooftop solar installed on every residents’ home, in a template First Nations Clean Energy Network encourages other communities to follow.
EnergyConnect transmission project records 10 million worker hours
Transgrid and Elecnor Australia, construction partners on the $4.1 billion, 700 kilometre EnergyConnect transmission project have clocked more than 10 million worker hours on the epic project involving the construction of over 1,000 transmission towers.
$994 million in contracts granted for Marinus Link Stage 1
Marinus Link has awarded $994 million in contracts as part of the TasVic Greenlink joint venture of DT Infrastructure and Samsung C&T Corporation to deliver the balance of works package for Stage 1.
Back contact perovskite solar cell efficiency improved with breakthrough research
South Korean researchers have developed a novel bilayer tin oxide electron transport layer for improving efficiency and stability of back-contact solar cells.
Queensland rooftop solar rebates throw cost of living lifeline to renters
The Queensland government has launched its Supercharged Solar for Renters program which provides eligible landlords with rebates of up to $3,500 to install solar systems on their rental properties anywhere in the state.
Bad weather forecasts cost Australian solar energy sector $100 million: report
Solar energy forecasting company Solstice AI research has found a 10% improvement in weather / solar forecasting accuracy would generate an extra $38 million per year in profit for Australia’s utility solar, and worldwide, $9.5 billion.
Post-COP30: Why distributed solar is becoming the world’s fastest-scaling power technology
Post-COP30 analysis has centred on the contentious debate over fossil-fuel phase-out wording. Yet the most significant development for the solar sector was not part of the negotiating text at all.
AIKO donates rooftop solar system to injured birds of prey rehab centre
China-headquartered solar technology manufacturer AIKO Energy has gifted a rooftop solar system to a birds of prey rehabilitation refuge in Tasmania, using it’s Neostar 2P 475W panels.
