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Over the past five years the world has seen a dramatic fall in the cost

At Solar Market, we get a LOT of comments and feedback from people on our Facebook posts & ads, which lets us gauge the Australian public’s thoughts and feelings on Solar

Gary Ellem, University of Newcastle The ink is barely dry on the Paris climate agreement

Australia’s solar revolution is well under way but with utilities offering less and less for power fed back to the grid, battery storage is the obvious next step.

Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, UNSW Australia Storage is one of the highest technological barriers to the spread

The electricity sector in Australia is undergoing a period of enormous change, driven by large scale rises in energy prices, consideration of the green agenda and the need to accommodate altering consumer demand.

The rise of solar ‘prosumers’ is changing the business landscape for Australian utilities. How will they respond to this major threat to their profitability?

Nothing quite captures our imagination like solar power seamlessly being blending into the everyday parts of life. While photovoltaic solar power has become one of the fastest growing sectors in the booming renewable energy industry, it is often out of mind and out of sight perched up on our roofs. The following inventions have brought solar further into the public space with creative ways to blend it into urban life. Each has made us wonder, why didn’t someone think of this before?

A lot of people think that the days of generous solar incentives are long gone.