Join RenewEconomy founder and editor Giles Parkinson and One Step Off The Grid editor Sophie Vorrath, discussing the ins & outs of the solar industry and what it means for consumers.
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Australia loses it on solar
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Australia falls out of global top 10 solar countries. Plus: GridBeyond's Michael Phelan on the rise of VPPs; and battery rebates.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Can Australia make its own solar?
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Arena boss Darren Miller on the Solar Sunshot, and why Australia needs a stake in the supply chain. Plus: Households lead renewables charge, and the growth of solar balconies.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Heat pump demand red hot, batteries just warming up
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Solar Victoria CEO Stan Krpan talks rebate milestones, red hot heat pump demand and home battery uptake. Plus rooftop solar crackdowns and a battery business in trouble.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Solar tariffs slashed again
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Nexa’s Stephanie Bashir on how to reshape grid around consumer energy as solar tariffs cut and PV sets new records.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Can panels, farmers and sheep get along?
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As conservative media and politicians pit farmers against renewables, we talk to a sheep grazier who is building Tasmania's first large-scale solar project.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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The fight for fairer rooftop PV – and cheaper home batteries
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Heidi Douglas talks through Solar Citizens’ list of policy asks for the upcoming energy ministers’ meeting. Could we get discounted batteries for Christmas?Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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SunDrive's hot pursuit of Australian-made PV
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Wyatt Roy on SunDrive's progress towards make cheaper, more sustainable solar – right here in Australia. Plus: Will 2023 be a record year of rooftop installs?Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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The power of putting First Nations first
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How Beon Energy has left a lasting legacy and set a new benchmark for meaningful engagement with Indigenous communities. Plus, AEMO's solar switch-off push.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Making money out of home batteries
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Amber’s Tim Barson on how home batteries are turning into a money spinner. Plus: Rooftop solar shattering records across the grid.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Australia’s CPV and low cost storage breakthrough
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We talk with RayGen’s Richard Payne at the newly opened solar and storage plant in Carwarp. Plus: Consumer power to fill coal gap.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Confessions of a solar and battery nerd
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We talk to early adopter and self confessed “energy nerd” Andrew Wilson about the key lessons he has learned from four years with home solar and storage.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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We talk to Peter Leeson about the rise and rise of his Australian made Volt solar tile, which is being installed on rooftops in every state in Australia – and setting records overseas.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Can Australia become a global solar manufacturer?
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Australia excels in solar R&D and uptake – but can it become a major supplier of panels? We ask APVI's Muriel Watt. Plus: solar strife in the regions and a new home battery scheme.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Demystifying home electrification
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Going all-electric is not easy – or is it? University of Wollongong’s Ty Christopher shares his lived and worked experience of home electrification and busts some myths.Watch out for our upcoming Electrify Everything series of podcasts. More details to come.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Small town, medium battery – big solar win
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We head to the Victorian goldfields town of Maldon to hear why it’s the perfect place for a community battery – and how grid-side energy storage is becoming a key network tool.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Solar recycling vs solar recovery
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Rob Gell from Solar Recovery Corp on why recycling is not the best solution to Australia’s solar waste problem – and how his company hopes to set a new path.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Solar, batteries and landlords
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Solar Victoria’s Stan Krpan on the new incentives for rooftop solar and battery storage. Plus: Should landlords be required to install rooftop solar?Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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From coal valley outsider to solar trailblazer
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Andy McCarthy reflects on his journey from a garage-based start-up to the CEO of RACV solar. Plus Queensland does it again.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Getting to grips with solar duck curve
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Gabrielle Kuiper on why rooftop solar should not be ignored by grid planners. Plus: Latest news including dire warning for PV installers on inverters.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Little solar’s very big year
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The rooftop solar market has rebounded, and taken a bigger bite out of the coal market. But does it need to be controlled by such a big hammer?Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Turn it off, turn it on
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A look at South Australia’s week in isolation and the role of rooftop solar. Plus: Another failed ventureVon Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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The dumb decisions holding back rooftop PV
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We look at developments in Queensland and South Australia and Nigel delivers All Energy wrap and picks apart Sky After Dark misinformation about cobaltVon Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Is there such a thing as 'peak solar'?
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Interest in rooftop solar is surging, along with EVs and batteries. But how close are we to reaching the limits of where it can be installed?Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Solar symphonies and eating coal’s lunch
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New records for distributed solar around Australia as the country’s rooftop PV output continues to eat into the fossil fuel industry’s lunch bag.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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China drought to hit solar, battery supplies
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Extreme weather conditions in China starts to have impact on solar and battery supply chains, plus all the local news.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Spring Clean on the Grid
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Early spring brings solar surge and coal crackles as landmark changes made to policy.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Households now want batteries with their solar
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The jump in fossil fuel prices means more households want battery storage with their rooftop solar, and they don’t care if it’s not making money.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Will angry consumers leave the grid?
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Household solar and battery storage play a key role in AEMO’s future plans, but angry consumers might choose to go their own way.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Enova Energy’s demise highlights failed structure of Australia’s energy market. Plus: Bizarre tariff stories, and a long drive in a Model Y.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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The solar industry won’t waste this energy crisis
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The mood in the solar industry has lifted as energy price hikes boost interest in rooftop PV and battery storage.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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What the election result means for solar industry
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Celebrations as Coalition policy bollards swept away, but what does this really mean for the solar industry?Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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The day the Coalition discovered solar panels
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Angus Taylor visits a solar factory, the big news out of Smart Energy Expo, and the solar-coaster. Again.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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There is a lot of deal making going on in the solar industry, and drug runners have found a new use for modules.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Why rooftop solar turned out to be a good idea
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Leading rooftop critic now accepts it's good at getting rid of coal and benefits consumers. Plus: Are the cowboys back?Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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What we can learn from solar pioneers
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Australia’s solar pioneers get together, SunDrive sets efficiency records, and ScoMo bin stickers go wild.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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The global rooftop boom
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Global rooftop solar installations expected to reach nearly 100GW in 2025. As Australia’s solar pioneers get together.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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New year solar gloom, and SMA’s big inverter plans
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Nigel Morris has downgraded his rooftop solar forecasts for 2022, while SMA’s Boris Wolff shares his take on the Australian and global market, and the shift towards grid forming inverters.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Solar switch off now in force in W.A.
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The solar switch off mechanism is now in force in W.A, and the coal lobby is fighting back at the idea that the end is nigh.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Will 2022 be as strong as 2021?
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The new year gets off to a slow start, as industry gears up for tighter standards.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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The highs and lows of 2021
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Solar taxes, solar switch-offs, 100 per cent solar, amazing technology cost predictions and some stunning innovations. And it all happened in 2021.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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5B expands on way to ultra low cost solar
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5B’s Chris McGrath joins us to talk about 5B’s new acquisition and gigawatt scale deployment plans. Plus: Confusion over DC Isolators.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Australia’s sub zero solar state
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South Australia becomes world’s first gigawatt scale grid to record negative demand, while new DC isolator rules cause relief and confusion.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Three million and counting
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Major new benchmark reached for rooftop solar, as “negative demand” reached in South Australia.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Australia aims for $15/MWh solar
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Out of the blue, Australia is targeting ultra low cost solar to underpin its green industrial transition.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Has Andrew Forrest made right call on thin film solar?
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Andrew Forrest’s surprising big bet on thin film solar, renewable records tumble, and a crackdown by the regulators.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Taylor’s solar review, and PV shutdowns
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Rooftop solar nears 100% of South Australia demand, as AEMO prepares PV shutdowns and regulator acts on Taylor’s solar review.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Australia’s breakthrough solar technology
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Australia has a chance to set up its own solar manufacturing industry after new benchmark in solar cell efficiency.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Solar is king, but who gets to control it?
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Why rooftop solar will be dominant feature of grid within 5 years. And we speak to Autonomous Energy over recent buyout.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Flexible exports and PV pricing pressures
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Solar industry faces pressure from rising import prices, shipping costs and Covid. But flexible exports offer hope for a smarter future.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Why the solar boom is starting to cool down
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The solar market has reached a plateau, but new projections suggest that home batteries might finally have their day.Von Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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