Solar Insiders - a Renew Economy Podcast

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought great uncertainty to solar industry. Demand is up in some quarters, and down in others. But there is real fear of a brutal slowdown.

Tesla gauging interest in its solar modules and solar tile products, while IKEA brings its flat pack solar package to Australia. Plus: Suspensions in regulator crackdown.

Big contractor quits the solar market, spelling big trouble for the big solar sector, even as rooftop continues its boom.

Sunwiz director Warwick Johnston on the past year and 2020 forecasts, and what we learned from the bushfires.

We look back at the highlights and the lowlights of the solar industry in 2019, and take a vox-pop of industry folk from the recent Sundowners.

Rooftop solar installations continue at record rate, but new technologies - and new thinking - ensure that this turns out to be a major asset to the grid, rather than the liability it is sometimes portrayed.

New reports from market operator and the market regulator point to changing shape of the grid, lower emissions and falling costs - partly driven by growth of rooftop solar.

Rooftop solar installations set a new record in October, but battery storage sales continue to stutter.

Crap solar. What is it? And how do we stop it from happening and ensure good quality? A special podcast from All Energy conference in Melbourne explains all.

Installers and customers are trying to make sense of what the new battery standards mean for their business, or their purchase.