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Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast

Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast

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Can panels, farmers and sheep get along?

Published: Dec. 21, 2023, 1:26 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 2 seconds

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The fight for fairer rooftop PV and cheaper home batteries

Published: Nov. 23, 2023, 4:55 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 10 seconds

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SunDrive's hot pursuit of Australian-made PV

Published: Nov. 10, 2023, 4:06 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 41 seconds

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The power of putting First Nations first

Published: Oct. 12, 2023, 3:26 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 36 seconds

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Making money out of home batteries

Published: Sept. 28, 2023, 1:53 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 39 seconds

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Australias CPV and low cost storage breakthrough

Published: Sept. 8, 2023, 2:24 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 4 seconds

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Confessions of a solar and battery nerd

Published: Aug. 24, 2023, 3:26 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 36 seconds

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Volt from the blue

Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 1:15 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 54 seconds

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Can Australia become a global solar manufacturer?

Published: July 28, 2023, 12:44 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 12 seconds

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Demystifying home electrification

Published: July 13, 2023, 1:21 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 5 seconds

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Small town, medium battery big solar win

Published: June 29, 2023, 1:28 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 12 seconds

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Solar recycling vs solar recovery

Published: June 15, 2023, 2:56 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 41 seconds

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Solar, batteries and landlords

Published: May 31, 2023, 5:07 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 58 seconds

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From coal valley outsider to solar trailblazer

Published: May 18, 2023, 4:27 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 22 seconds

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Getting to grips with solar duck curve

Published: May 11, 2023, 3:36 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 54 seconds

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Little solars very big year

Published: Dec. 21, 2022, 2:57 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 14 seconds

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Turn it off, turn it on

Published: Nov. 23, 2022, 4:36 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 34 seconds

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The dumb decisions holding back rooftop PV

Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 2:49 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 20 seconds

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Is there such a thing as 'peak solar'?

Published: Oct. 12, 2022, 9:59 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 13 seconds

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Solar symphonies and eating coals lunch

Published: Sept. 14, 2022, 8:34 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 48 seconds

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China drought to hit solar, battery supplies

Published: Sept. 1, 2022, 2:10 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 26 seconds

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Spring Clean on the Grid

Published: Aug. 17, 2022, 8:11 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 59 seconds

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Households now want batteries with their solar

Published: July 21, 2022, 12:38 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 45 seconds

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Will angry consumers leave the grid?

Published: July 5, 2022, 11:25 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 8 seconds

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Death of a retailer

Published: June 22, 2022, 4:58 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 51 seconds

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The solar industry wont waste this energy crisis

Published: June 9, 2022, 3:20 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 4 seconds

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What the election result means for solar industry

Published: May 26, 2022, 3:18 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 27 seconds

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The day the Coalition discovered solar panels

Published: May 11, 2022, 3:22 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 22 seconds

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Big deals in solar

Published: April 28, 2022, 3:29 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 12 seconds

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Why rooftop solar turned out to be a good idea

Published: April 14, 2022, 2:18 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 47 seconds

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What we can learn from solar pioneers

Published: March 31, 2022, 2 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 50 seconds

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The global rooftop boom

Published: March 18, 2022, 2:04 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 4 seconds

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New year solar gloom, and SMAs big inverter plans

Published: March 7, 2022, 4:20 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 32 seconds

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Solar switch off now in force in W.A.

Published: Feb. 16, 2022, 4:44 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 1 second

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Will 2022 be as strong as 2021?

Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 1:18 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 53 seconds

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The highs and lows of 2021

Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 9 seconds

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5B expands on way to ultra low cost solar

Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 1:34 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 41 seconds

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Australias sub zero solar state

Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 12:55 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 48 seconds

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Three million and counting

Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 6:32 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 43 seconds

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Australia aims for $15/MWh solar

Published: Oct. 28, 2021, 2:20 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 56 seconds

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Has Andrew Forrest made right call on thin film solar?

Published: Oct. 14, 2021, 12:51 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 30 seconds

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Taylors solar review, and PV shutdowns

Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 3:43 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 41 seconds

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Australias breakthrough solar technology

Published: Sept. 16, 2021, 1:41 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 44 seconds

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Solar is king, but who gets to control it?

Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 3:40 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 10 seconds

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Flexible exports and PV pricing pressures

Published: Aug. 18, 2021, 4:58 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 46 seconds

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Why the solar boom is starting to cool down

Published: Aug. 5, 2021, 4:57 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 29 seconds

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Covid rocks the boat, again

Published: July 22, 2021, 3:45 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 44 seconds

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Why the solar coaster never stops

Published: July 8, 2021, 4:06 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 16 seconds

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Solar is cheap, but fossil fuels cashing in while they can

Published: June 28, 2021, 5:07 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 8 seconds

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Solar overtakes wind, but whats up with NSW?

Published: June 10, 2021, 2:56 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 43 seconds

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A hat tip to some great Australian solar pioneers

Published: May 26, 2021, 7:28 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes

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Behind the meter at Smart Energy

Published: May 14, 2021, 5:21 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 12 seconds

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Rooftop solar is killing coal

Published: April 29, 2021, 7:27 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 58 seconds

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The new controls on solar, EVs and air-con

Published: April 14, 2021, 11:45 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 45 seconds

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The good and bad of the solar export tax

Published: April 1, 2021, 1:24 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 46 seconds

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Why switching off rooftop solar is a good thing

Published: March 17, 2021, 11:54 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 20 seconds

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Solar tariffs slashed, countdown to new inverter deadline

Published: March 3, 2021, 11:07 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 46 seconds

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Does the solar industry deserve the "cowboy" label?

Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 3:16 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 25 seconds

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Solars cracking start to 2021

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 11:07 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 42 seconds

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The biggest solar stories of 2020

Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 10:46 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 1 second

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How one old hippy survived the Solar Coaster

Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 2:59 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 46 seconds

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How the electric Solar Coaster nearly sank in deep water

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 2:46 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 32 seconds

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Another bunch of records for solar and renewables

Published: Nov. 4, 2020, 4:35 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 28 seconds

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The day South Australia became 100% solar fuelled

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 1:59 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 59 seconds

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Rooftop PV still booming, and Australias biggest solar garden

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 1:55 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 52 seconds

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Battery Day, and South Australias solar plunge

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 4:13 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 59 seconds

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Whos that controlling my rooftop solar?

Published: Sept. 9, 2020, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 35 seconds

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Solar industry review, chaos fears in S.A.

Published: Aug. 26, 2020, 3:09 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 2 seconds

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5Bs solar revolution takes global scale

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 1:50 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 34 seconds

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Solars battle with Covid-19 pandemic

Published: July 30, 2020, 3:09 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 4 seconds

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Origins bet on self-installing plug and play batteries

Published: July 15, 2020, 2:59 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 24 seconds

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Todae in admin, tariffs on exports

Published: July 9, 2020, 3 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 40 seconds

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CSIROs new solar, battery and EV forecasts

Published: June 18, 2020, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes

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Why we need to see your solar

Published: June 4, 2020, 3:21 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 3 seconds

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How the solar industry is adjusting to Covid world

Published: May 21, 2020, 2:07 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 38 seconds

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Longis launch, and AEMOs big solar switch

Published: May 7, 2020, 2:12 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 11 seconds

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What drives Australians to install battery storage?

Published: April 22, 2020, 5:11 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 2 seconds

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Tindos shining light in solar market

Published: April 9, 2020, 4:02 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 45 seconds

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Can solar isolate itself from Covid-19 pandemic?

Published: March 25, 2020, 2:42 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 30 seconds

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Tesla, IKEA eye Australia solar market

Published: Feb. 28, 2020, 12:41 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 5 seconds

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Big trouble for big solar

Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 3:48 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 36 seconds

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Bushfires and backlogs - Solars New Year

Published: Jan. 31, 2020, 1:56 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 19 seconds

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The best and worst from 2019

Published: Dec. 18, 2019, 11:42 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 17 seconds

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Rooftop solar: Asset or liability?

Published: Dec. 5, 2019, 2:32 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 27 seconds

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Solar changes shape of grid, and brings down prices

Published: Nov. 20, 2019, 2:19 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 58 seconds

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When will rooftop solar boom subside?

Published: Nov. 8, 2019, 1:29 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 57 seconds

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How to get good quality solar installations

Published: Oct. 27, 2019, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 4 seconds

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Battery blues as new standards approved

Published: Oct. 16, 2019, 2:46 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 50 seconds

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Big little lies on emissions, and the Model 3

Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 4:22 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 15 seconds

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Hot solar rebates, and cool solar beer

Published: Sept. 19, 2019, 4:25 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 12 seconds

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Solars stunning cost fall, and Victorias rebate hurdles

Published: Sept. 4, 2019, 12:33 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 34 seconds

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What next for Victorias solar rebate?

Published: Aug. 19, 2019, 5:28 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 11 seconds

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Should Victoria ditch its solar rebate?

Published: July 29, 2019, 1:25 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 50 seconds

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Solar wars in Victoria

Published: July 24, 2019, 3:53 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 48 seconds

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Killer whales and chasing solar rebates

Published: July 10, 2019, 4:45 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 54 seconds

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Victorias big solar and storage plan

Published: June 19, 2019, 3:15 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 12 seconds

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Has the battery storage market gone flat?

Published: June 6, 2019, 2:14 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 24 seconds

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Is Australia now un-investible for big solar?

Published: May 22, 2019, 2:21 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 31 seconds

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What is going on in Queensland?

Published: May 8, 2019, 3:48 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 39 seconds

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Australia and the art of the stop-start solar policy

Published: April 26, 2019, 12:40 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 16 seconds

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Record installations, phantom sales, and the demise of the roof monkey

Published: April 11, 2019, 2:19 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 39 seconds

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What is going on in Victoria?

Published: March 28, 2019, 12:43 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 55 seconds

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Solar Insiders: The solarisation of South Australias grid

Published: March 14, 2019, 11:40 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 49 seconds

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Murdoch medias attack on solar

Published: Feb. 21, 2019, 1:15 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 24 seconds

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Sales in the gutter

Published: Feb. 7, 2019, 12:12 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 54 seconds

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High and lows, best and worst of 2018

Published: Dec. 19, 2018, 1:52 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 52 seconds

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The RCR collapse; and two great new solar initiatives

Published: Dec. 6, 2018, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 13 seconds

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Elon Musks catching mitt, battery storage everywhere

Published: Nov. 22, 2018, 3:57 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 7 seconds

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Fair Dinkum, were serious about solar power

Published: Nov. 8, 2018, 2:03 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 28 seconds

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Lassoing solar cowboys in Victoria

Published: Oct. 24, 2018, 11:25 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 27 seconds

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Solars big year, and Senec storage

Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 11:51 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 4 seconds

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Why are some councils turning off solar?

Published: Sept. 27, 2018, 12:19 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 6 seconds

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Sonnen CEO on why Australia is leading market for battery storage

Published: Sept. 13, 2018, 3:37 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 32 seconds

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The fallout from Victorias solar rebates

Published: Aug. 29, 2018, 1:15 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 12 seconds

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The future of solar rebates

Published: Aug. 16, 2018, 2:36 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 11 seconds

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Best and fairest in the solar industry

Published: Aug. 2, 2018, 2:37 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 43 seconds

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Solar bad, solar good

Published: July 18, 2018, 1:22 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 20 seconds

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Highs and lows

Published: July 4, 2018, 2:53 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 39 seconds

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Solar boom, or solar clamp-down?

Published: June 20, 2018, 2:19 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 14 seconds

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Solar blackout scares, panels overboard

Published: June 8, 2018, 2:49 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 41 seconds

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Selling solar in brown coal centre

Published: May 20, 2018, 11:37 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 10 seconds

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Rooftop solar hits 7GW

Published: May 8, 2018, 11:45 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 3 seconds

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The beauty of solar diverters

Published: April 26, 2018, 12:18 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 33 seconds

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Kids, not coal

Published: April 11, 2018, 2:56 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 9 seconds

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Solar dawns on conservatives

Published: March 27, 2018, 11:55 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 23 seconds

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Crowd funded solar retailer

Published: March 6, 2018, 2:41 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 3 seconds

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Shared solar; EV surprise

Published: Feb. 20, 2018, 12:51 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 23 seconds

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Teslas VPP, and Kellys Zeroes

Published: Feb. 7, 2018, 12:08 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 6 seconds

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The year of solar and storage

Published: Dec. 20, 2017, 11:35 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 32 seconds

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Smart meters, dumb rules

Published: Dec. 14, 2017, 12:08 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 20 seconds

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Tindo on the move, and into storage

Published: Nov. 29, 2017, 10:27 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 15 seconds

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How Chinas pollution crimped Australias solar boom

Published: Nov. 15, 2017, 12:26 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 44 seconds

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Frydenbergs rooftop solar fail

Published: Oct. 31, 2017, 11:32 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 22 seconds

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All Energy, all aboard solar train

Published: Oct. 19, 2017, 12:31 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 59 seconds

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A gigawatt of rooftop PV

Published: Oct. 4, 2017, 12:53 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 21 seconds

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Tesla Powerwall delays slows storage market

Published: Sept. 22, 2017, 1:13 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 30 seconds

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Rooftop PVs big milestone

Published: Sept. 6, 2017, 1:23 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 47 seconds

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Is your rooftop solar system a fire risk?

Published: Aug. 23, 2017, 12:06 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 37 seconds

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What is crap solar, and why it matters

Published: Aug. 9, 2017, 1:22 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 16 seconds

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