rooftop solar

The Victorian government has committed US$2.7 million (A$4 million) for seven projects to build solar installations and heat pumps.

French energy major TotalEnergies has installed more than 200MW of distributed solar assets in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

In June 2024, rooftop solar PV installations in Australia dropped to their lowest point since January, with 247MW installed.

Indonesia has the potential to install 3.3TW of solar capacity, according to the government, but several obstacles need to be tackled.

Prominent fire safety experts, solar professionals and veteran firefighters have serious concerns about new PV hazard control solutions.

Indonesia has issued rooftop solar PV system development quotas of 5.75GW for state electricity company PLN between 2024 and 2028.

The Clean Energy Council has called for a national strategy to support the uptake of rooftop solar and battery storage in Australia.

Community solar has expanded access to solar adoption to communities struggling to adopt rooftop PV, according to research from the Lawrence Berkeley Lab (LBL) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).

Mercom India has published its latest research into Indian rooftop solar, finding that India installed 367MW of new capacity in Q1 2024.

Juan Monge, principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie, says the EPBD timeline is plausible, although “the devil is in the detail”.