Australia installs more solar power than Germany… again! It may come as a surprise to many, but Australia installed more solar power than Germany in 2011. Australia set a similar…
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SunWiz Insights Hot Spots in Renew Economy
SunWiz’s data featured in RenewEconomy Australia’s solar hotspots Australia’s solar market grew 61MW in the month of April, maintaining a fairly steady rollout over previous months, with Queensland accounting for…
AGL Queensland solar feed in tariff merit order effect paper littered with errors
Glaring errors are littered throughout a recently released paper being used to lobby the Queensland government to eliminate its feed-in tariff. AGL’s chief economist, AGL’s head of economic policy and…
Solar tariffs and the merit order effect: AGL Lobbying Masquerading in Academic Robes
AGL Solar Feed-in Tariffs and Merit Order Paper: Lobbying Masquerading in Academic Robes A recently released paper by AGL’s chief economist, its head of economic policy and sustainability, and an AGL energy…
Summary of 2011 Activity
Summary of 2011 Public Activity SunWiz has collated the past year’s reports that we’ve authored (or been involved in) into one location. Read on for our conference presentations, articles in…
NSW Solar and Renewable Summit
NSW Solar and Renewable Summit Presentation SunWiz was invited to speak at the NSW Solar and Renewables Summit. Read what we said below. NSW Solar Summit Visuals
EcoGen - Carrara Stadium
Presentation on Award Winning Metricon Stadium 215kW BIPV Solar Halo Check out Warwick Johnston’s presentation on the Metricon Stadium BIPV Solar Halo Carrara Stadium
Clean Energy Week Presentation (ATRAA)
Check out our Presentation at ATRAA 2011 ATRAA Presentation
Multiplying Solar's Problems
Thursday’s government announcement of a further reduction in levels of support for residential solar power has been met by general acceptance from the solar industry. Unfortunately, industry implosion cannot be…
Robbing Solar to Pay Power Retailers
The electricity pricing regulator in NSW has recently revealed that utilities are making windfall profits from the Solar Bonus Scheme. As the NSW government retrospectively robs one third of solar…
Integrating Australian PV - Solar on Every Surface
Picture if you will, an antipodean solar engineer’s dream world. Every roof faces north with a pitch roughly equal to the local latitude angle; building-block homes all in a row.…
Changing Solar Economics
In an article that featured in the August edition of Solar Australia, industry expert Warwick Johnston – Managing Director of SunWiz Consulting – made some solar pricing predictions. In the…
Big Solar: Big Deal?
Insights from Pioneers of Big-PV The question presently burning in the minds of many solar company directors is “How can my residential-focused PV sales and installation company successfully service the…
Australian Solar's Gigawatt Valley of Death - Worth Dying For?
Hot on the heels of unprecedented growth, Australian solar installations will reach a cumulative 1 GW by the end of July 2011. Installations in 2011 alone are on track to…
ClearView on STC Oversupply
Today: 2010’s STC requirement met in less than half a year! But great opportunities remain to Trade Direct with Liable Entities It’s official. Today, 28million STCs had been created or…
ATRAA Trends: The best of Clean Energy Week
Trends from Australia’s #1 Solar Power Conference Those following on SunWiz on Twitter (@WarwickSunWiz) were kept up-to-date on all the announcements, best services, and innovative products at ATRAA and Clean…
SunWiz Exhibiting at Clean Energy Week & ATRAA
SunWiz will be exhibiting at Clean Energy Week and ATRAA. Look out for the distinctive ‘Sun Lounge’, booth 28 at the back of Solar World. Please come and say hi…
STC Oversupply - Implications
Are you looking for the best STC price from most major providers? Click here Are you interested in keeping up-to-date on shifts and trends in the STC market? Click here Or in keeping up-to-date on…
Will Australian Solar's Exponential Expansion Collapse into a White Dwarf?
Astrophysicists predict that our sun will eventually grow to envelop the earth, before falling back to be a white dwarf star. The growth of the Australian solar industry may not…
Be a Part of Australia's Most Important Solar Survey Ever
2010 was Australia’s biggest ever year for Solar Power. ~ 350 MW installed ~ 30 MW manufactured > 10,000 employed > 2,3000 accredited installers ~ $2.3billion turnover Australian solar returns…
Which Australian PV Risk are You under-prepared for?
This article featured in DKSH’s February Newsletter and on Renewable Energy World After several years of unstoppable growth, is the Australian PV industry on the verge of the unthinkable, market…