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Old Posted Apr 5, 2013, 4:04 PM
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Solar milestone: 1,000,000 PV systems installed in Australia
By Sophie Vorrath on 5 April 2013

The number of Australian homes with rooftop solar power systems has passed the magic one million mark, according to figures from the Clean Energy Regulator, confirming that the milestone was reached in March.

With Queensland leading the charge – it now has more than 300,000 rooftop PV systems installed, NSW comes in second with just under 230,000 – the one millionth PV system was registered in Australia on March 12; a number the industry says translates to around 2.5 million Australians now living in a home with a set of solar panels on the roof – more than the entire population of Western Australia.

“It is remarkable when you think that just five years ago in 2008 there were only about 20,000 systems installed across the entire country,” Clean Energy Council chief executive David Green said.


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Chipping in: Aust crowdfunding site to help bring solar to India slums
By Sophie Vorrath on 5 April 2013

Pollinate Energy – a Sydney and Bangalore-based social enterprise NGO dedicated to using renewable resources to eradicate energy poverty in India – has joined forces with ChipIn, a new Australian website designed to raise funds for Australian non-profits, to launch a new clean energy crowdfunding campaign.

The campaign will start by raising funds to establish five new mini-franchises to sell solar lighting kits to temporary tent communities in Bangalore, India.

Crowdfunding, with a little help from the internet, is fast becoming a popular way to fund NGO clean energy projects, and for people to do their bit to provide free renewable or energy efficient equipment to developing countries. But, as Justin Guay notes in his story today on RenewEconomy, not all of these campaigns are destined for success.
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India to Auction Unsold Rooftop Solar Projects Across 7 Cities
5 April 2013

April 5 (Bloomberg) — India, which plans to raise solar capacity eightfold by 2017, will auction projects for setting up grid-connected photovoltaic systems on rooftops across seven cities in the next two weeks.

The government received bids for half the planned 10 megawatts of rooftop solar capacity in the first round that was completed on April 3, prompting the sale of unsold capacities, said Tarun Kapoor, joint secretary at the ministry of New and Renewable Energy, in a phone interview today.

Azure Power India Pvt., Thermax Ltd. and SEI Green Technology Pvt. won contracts to set up a total 5 megawatts of rooftop photovoltaic capacity across the cities of Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi and Gurgaon, according to a ministry statement.

The government will seek bids for unsold capacities in the first round and for similar projects in Hyderabad, Jaipur and Greater Noida, Kapoor said.
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