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2018's magnificent year for solar farms
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 - Top PV Retailers
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…
Latest Vodcast - 2018 Year in review, plus interview with Guy Olian
I just recorded a fascinating vodcast: The highlights of 2018’s massive year The trends in commercial finance Why finance is increasingly important to commercial sales Access it here:Â https://youtu.be/r5Zf1CWEcHg Â
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…
Brilliant insight into PV retailer/installer perceptions of PV suppliers' brands
SunWiz has partnered with EuPD to bring you an exceptional report that’s ideally suited for wholesalers, and manufacturers of PV panels, inverters, and energy storage. Understand how retailers see your brand, and…
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…
LGC surrender period
Come the LREC surrender deadline this Wednesday, things are getting tight for power companies to purchase and surrender enough LGCs from the market to meet their liability. Historically, Liable Entities…
SunWiz's battery report featured extensively in the press
What an incredible response! SunWiz launched its mid-year update on the Australian battery market and it was picked up by Channel 7, ABC news, News Limited, the AFR, and Fairfax!…
How long will your solar panels last? And how well will they perform until then?
Recently released investigation shows Phono Solar and Kyocera Solar top list of highly-accelerated lifetime tests. Millions of low-quality solar panels have been installed on Australian roofs in the past decade.…
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,…