Energy retail upstart Amber Electric says customers using the company’s SmartShift home battery management platform have earned a combined total of $60,000 over the past quarter, simply from exporting their stored solar energy. Amber rolled out the beta version of its SmartShift app to customers across the National Electricity Market in February, offering a service […]
The cost of turning sunlight into electricity has fallen more than 90% over the last decade. Solar is now the cheapest form of newly built energy generation. Job done? Not quite. Right now, solar works well at cost-competitive prices and can help us cut emissions significantly. But with less than 5% of the world’s electricity […]
Swinburne University of Technology researchers are designing and implementing solar initiatives on campus and beyond to reduce the university’s carbon footprint and save solar households thousands of dollars. In a project that could have implications for energy grids across Australia and the world, the ATC building on Swinburne’s Hawthorn campus has been converted into a […]
Solar panels are assembled at a factory in Hefei, East China’s Anhui province, on June 29. Photo: VCG Three of the world’s largest photovoltaics (PV) companies in China are reporting strong preliminary earnings and forecasts for the first three quarters, due chiefly to a growth in overseas demand for solar energy as Europe seeks alternative […]
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — The Solar United Neighbors co-op has over 50 new members who recently went solar following Hurricane Ian, hoping to deter a power outage in the event of another big storm. Jack Vesey has two solar panel systems at his home in Coconut Creek. “The benefits are a $30 a month electric bill,” […]
OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — This Halloween, trick-or-treaters can fill their bags with more than free candy. BLUETTI, a portable power station leader, decides to give them a “Boo” before they become power-starved or their houses are haunted by blackouts. It offers a slew of special deals for power generators, batteries and […]
