By all accounts, 2018 was a stellar year for Australian Solar Power. To celebrate all of the solar glory, SunWiz has written a series of articles covering 2018 – the…
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2018 - state roundup
By all accounts, 2018 was a stellar year for Australian Solar Power. To celebrate all of the solar glory, SunWiz has written a series of articles covering 2018 – the…
2018 - Australian Solar’s record-smashing year. In eye-watering charts
By all accounts, 2018 was a stellar year for Australian Solar Power. To celebrate all of the solar glory, SunWiz has written a series of articles covering 2018 – the…
2 million PV systems - solar a political power
The solar industry has a lot to thank the Liberal party for. We owe a lot to John Howard. He may not have realised it in May 2007, but when…
Home battery storage has trebled – but should you be installing it?
There’s been plenty of talk about how Australian solar households are warming to the idea of battery storage, but little concrete data to back this up. Until now. A new…
Australian Battery Market Trebled in 2017, set to double in 2018
After an extended period of research, SunWiz has released its much-anticipated Australian Battery Market Report for 2018. The report details the inner workings of the Australian energy storage market for…
The Market Consolidation that never happened
Do you remember the predictions of solar industry consolidation? Predictions that eventually the market would consolidate from 4000 businesses to four or forty major solar companies serving the Australian market?…
Highlights of Australia's 1.25GW of PV installations in 2017
The Australian solar industry should take a collective bow. Well, catch its breath first, and then take a collective bow. 2017 was a magnificent, record setting year for solar installations,…
2018 - Can Australian PV keep up the pace set by 2017's record breaking year
Even before it had come to a close, 2017 was a record breaking year for Australian PV. Almost 1.1 GW of rooftop PV was installed in the STC market and at least another 0.1…
100+ Australian PV projects over 100kW commissioned in 2017 - is yours listed?
Wow, what a year! 2017 broke so many records, and it’s been a full time job just keeping track of all the solar that’s been installed. We’ve already identified 100…
2017 - Australia's record-breaking year for solar power. 1GW already commissioned
2017 has been a year of records for Australian solar power, and the year’s not even finished yet. Here are some of the highlights of the 10 records that have…
Australia's Battery Market: Believe the Hype!
Believe the Hype: Australia’s Battery Market is set for eye-watering growth For quite some time I’d dismissed the hype about the attractiveness of installing grid-connected batteries in Australia. Yes, everyone…
Solar Highlights - a recordbreaking 2016
At one point, 2016 looked like an abysmal year for Australian solar. But 2016 turned out to be record breaking year for solar, in many regards. You’ll get all the…
Battery Installations in 2016 exceeded 6750, SunWiz research finds
SunWiz today released the results of its extensive surveys, interviews, and research into the Australian market for energy storage. SunWiz’s research concludes that there were at 6750 battery installations in 2016,…
Did you install a project over 100kW in 2016?
 SunWiz is researching installations that exceed 100kW, as part of our reporting to the International Energy Agency’s PV working group, APVI’s “PV In Australia“, and CEC’s “Clean Energy Australia” report. We are…
The upgrade bonanza: NSW PV Retailers start targeting Solar Bonus Scheme customers for system upgrades
The upgrade bonanza: NSW PV Retailers start targeting Solar Bonus Scheme customers for system upgrades All solar bonus scheme households within the best Sydney postcode to target for system upgrades…
PVsell Now Provides Contact Details for Most Australian Businesses
PVsell Now Provides Contact Details for Most Australian Businesses As of today, we’ve upgraded our PVsell user offering. PVsell users now get access to the Business Contact Details at their fingertips, embedded…
Which PV Retailers installed the most in 2015?
Which PV Retailers installed the most in 2015? We recently published a lot of information about Australian PV’s recent milestones of 1.5 million PV systems, and a solar panel for every Australian man woman…
One solar panel per person: Australian solar industry celebrates the New Year by ticking over 1.5M PV systems
Australian solar industry celebrates the New Year by ticking over 1.5m PV systems and one solar panel per person. It’s official: Australia now hosts 1.5 million solar power systems. That’s equivalent to…
The Top 6 mistakes people make when buying solar systems
This article was originally published by my friend Finn at SolarQuotes. I think it is a great piece of advice, and Finn agreed that I could send it to my network. (I’ve…
Islands of solar joy amidst the pain
I’ve written before about the difficulties facing the Australian solar industry in 2015. Volumes in June 2015 were 20% below volumes at the same time last year. But amidst the…
