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Rooftop PV sales started gaining traction in the late 2011. Cheaper module prices and steeper grid costs have elevated market growth since then. January 2018 saw 111MW residential solar installations in the country. The solar energy council estimates the total capacity of the nation to exceed 7GW by 2018. Currently, solar power trails behind hydro, […]

In the race to achieve the 2020 renewable energy target, large-scale energy sector is in a rampant transition to solar power. As a result, overseas investors are rushing to the market. Last week, Canadian Solar announced their plans to  co-develop a 1.14 GWp solar project in New South Wales (NSW). Costing around $1.4 billion, this

Floating PV systems have many benefits – optimal space utilization, better performance, minimized algae growth in water bodies etc. Consequently, this technology was initially popular among  island nations due to their smaller landmass  Floating systems utilize the same technology as their landmass counterparts. . They can be deployed in lakes and quarries. However, the technology is

The Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) ranking system has become the industry standard in classifying solar panel manufacturers. This classification is based on bankability and various other factors. There is a widespread debate among retailers and enthusiasts on whether the tier system correlates to the performance and reliability of a PV module. However, as with

Regen Power was a sponsor for the Isolated Power Systems Connect Conference (IPSC-2017) held in Rottnest Island, Western Australia. The conference took place between the 13 and 17 of November 2017. The conference consisted of a two day professional development course (Nov 13 and 14), followed by a two day (Nov 16 & 17) technical

Closed in 2001, Queensland’s Kidston Gold mine, is now a hybrid energy farm – solar plant  and pumped storage hydro station. The site is about 270 km from Townsville, near Georgetown. Queensland is one of the forerunners of solar power uptake in the country. The state brought over a billion dollar of new investment and thousand of

With the current boom in  solar power system uptake in Western Australia, it is worth wondering when this renewable energy option will shift to the automotive industry. Currently most electric vehicles make use of fuel cells, or hybrid engines. However, a solar car which draws its fuel as we drive through the road, would be

There are lot of technologies to look forward to, when it comes to economizing the residential solar system market. We have come a long way from the first solar panel modules which went online back in the early 2000s. Tesla unveiled solar roofs this year; and now researchers,  Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh and Dr Torben Daeneke,

In this week’s update we have some exciting news coming from across the globe and Western Australia. We will be going through the ground breaking innovation of printed solar panels and one of Regen Power’s custom designed hybrid solar power system in Wagin. Printed Solar Panels As cheap as $10 per square metre, these printed

One of the most populous states in Australia, Queensland, with a coast stretching for over 7000 kilometers, is known for many things. Fast paced residential solar power adoption is one of these. Over the past few years the state has seen an accelerated solar power uptake by the homeowners. Queensland’s Combined Rooftop Power stations have

As of 2017, more than 220,000 houses in Western Australia have solar panels installed. In the last quarter of 2016 Western Australia witnessed a 33% increase in residential rooftop solar panel installations. As reported by ABC, with suburbs like Armadale and Mandura taking the leadership role, this adoption rate has been the largest since the

Located in the Bass Strait, Flinders island is a Tasmanian community. This off-grid locality is completely dependant on its  3MW diesel power plant. This power station serves 6.7 GWh of annual consumer demand that peaks at 1.3 MW. Since early 2015, Hydro Tasmania, the state-owned utility, has been working on a project aimed at offsetting 60%