NT solar following in SA’s footsteps
| by Darryn Van HoutIn its quest to achieve a 50 per cent renewables target by 2030, the Top End is set to install the second biggest battery in the world. On completion, the battery will be ranked second...
Darryn Van Hout
I took an interest in the Australian energy sector close to ten years ago and since then have monitored the trends, technologies and direction of the Australian Energy Market. I was drawn to the Australian solar market in 2008 and since then have worked heavily in the field. I am partnered with national and international solar energy companies, from manufacturers of solar panel and inverter technology, online software developers that introduce tools to quote, monitor and manage solar power systems and media organisations who like myself, closely monitor the solar and renewable energy sector.
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High-end renewable project headed for SA
| by Darryn Van HoutSouth Australia is setting itself up to become a global hub for renewable energy uptake and innovation following a renewable project announcement that the state will be the home to several large-scale renewable projects, and...
Microsoft set to sweep Singapore’s distributed solar market
| by Darryn Van HoutMicrosoft has partnered with Sunseap Group in Singapore to create a distributed solar rooftop network that will generate up to 60 megawatts. The project will feature hundreds of systems across the nation and will be...
President Trump attacks renewables with solar tariff
| by Darryn Van HoutPresident Donald Trump has slapped a import tariff on solar equipment in response to a US International Trade Commission recommendation following claims that panels from overseas were limiting the viability of domestic manufacturers. While this...
Buying Solar Panels? What to Avoid
| by Darryn Van HoutDiving into solar? Here are some of the pitfalls and mistakes that consumers experience when buying solar panels. Firstly, the exercise should be quite simple. Esspecially now that modern technology can deliver information about solar...
Solar Feed-in Tariff Cutback – Could it be possible in 2018?
| by Darryn Van HoutWith almost 10,000 solar panels being installed each day, Australia may face further setbacks including a potential Solar Feed-in Tariff Cutback in 2018? Energy experts have warned of a possible over-supply of solar energy to...
Energy Queensland Limited (EQL) awards Pedley’s Electrical
| by Darryn Van HoutIt’s now 2018, and the future for solar energy in Queensland remains bright. With Brisbane solar panel installs on the rise again, and electricity prices at an all time high, consumers are left with little...
Queenslanders: interest free solar loans & rebates
| by Darryn Van HoutApparently the interest free solar loans will allow homes and small businesses to take charge of their own power usage fix the issue of electricity affordability and enable easy access to upfront capital necessary for...
Virtual power plant designed using rooftop solar and battery systems
| by Darryn Van HoutThe recently released pilot results in NSW indicate that solar panel and battery systems are fast becoming viable resources for regulating the main electricity grid.
Chief climate scientist endorses government solar investment
| by Darryn Van HoutOn Wednesday this week, Professor Flannery hosted a climate change discussion at Northcote Town Hall, Melbourne. The meeting dubbed ‘Rays of Hope’, focused on solar power, energy storage batteries and removal or atmospheric carbon using seaweed in Australia.
Tasmania solar and the low income home solar scheme
| by Darryn Van HoutTasmania’s low income households are a happy lot expecting to benefit significantly from a Labor scheme aimed at cutting their power bills through installation of solar panels + battery storage.
Australians want Liddell coal-fired power station shut down
| by Darryn Van HoutThe Federal Government is determined to keep the ageing facility up and running at a cost of about $1 billion. However, 77 percent of respondents felt that public money should not be channeled into the...
Rooftop solar makes 48% of SA’s electricity generation
| by Darryn Van HoutJust like NSW, South Australia has set a new record for powering 48% of its energy needs using rooftop solar.
Product Review: Wattcost Home Energy Monitor
| by Darryn Van HoutToday, I’m here to review a new kind of energy monitoring system that will very soon be on the market. Wattcost is an Australian company, that describes their innovative AI-based technology as a consumer product...
Stockland Cairns Shopping Centre Switches to Solar
| by Darryn Van HoutShopping centres around Australia set to benefit from solar power now that more and more major precincts make the switch to solar. Stockland Cairns Shopping Centre the latest to install a commercial solar system, with...
Queensland Government rejects the LNP energy plan damning it ‘shoddy’
| by Darryn Van HoutThe Government of Queensland claims the Liberal National Party is using inclusion of solar energy in its ‘Real Plan’ for energy to hide its ideological obsession with coal.