SunWiz is the preeminent provider of analysis of the Australian battery market. We’ve recently expanded our coverage of the battery manufacturer market share. Here’s some interesting things we’ve seen. Chinese…
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Australia’s battery market is holding up well, despite the solar slowdown.
Each year, SunWiz publishes an Annual Battery Market report that is the most comprehensive and robust assessment of the Australian market for energy storage systems. But in this fast-moving market,…
A closer look at some record-breaking commercial PV market segments
Today we’re sharing some content from our new Commercial market feature in Luminate. It’s a closer look at some record-breaking commercial PV market segments. So while the residential PV remains…
How can there be record volumes when everyone’s feeling so much pain
How can there be record volumes when everyone’s feeling so much pain? We’re hearing solar retailers are in a world of pain. But the market is setting records. What can…
Battery Manufacturer Market Share
SunWiz is the leading source of information about Australian market share of each ESS/battery brand. This year the SunWiz 2024 Annual Battery Market Report revealed for the first time, the…
Why the battery market must be accelerated
After years of progressive increase in residential market uptake of Energy Storage Systems (ESS), some market players have suggested we have exhausted the early adopters and are into the next…
ESS system sizes have not steadily increased in the same way PV system sizes did
ESS system sizes have not steadily increased in the same way PV system sizes did. The often-presented chart of PV sizes shows a steady march of 1.5kW making way for…
Pre-existing PV is more common (and impactful) than realised in battery sales
For more than a decade, Australia has led the world in uptake of residential PV. The industry-reshaping impacts of that world-leadership are now emerging as a daily experience. 22% of…
2023's record-breaking battery market in charts
It was a record breaking year across the board for Energy Storage Systems in Australia. There were a record-breaking 57,000 residential installations in 2023, tallying a record-setting 656 MWh of…
Media Release: Record-breaking year for battery installations across Australia in 2023
Record-breaking year for battery installations across Australia in 2023 A record number of batteries were installed across Australia in 2023, in homes, businesses and at grid-scale, according to a…
What PV prices are in the goldilocks zone this month?
So much of solar SME’s success relates to prices. Charge too much and you’ll scare off customers. Charge too little and you’ll not cover your overheads. To maximise your…
Hindsight is foresight's poor cousin. Here's what's about to happen in solar
Hi there, Small solar retailers need to understand what large retailers already know: Hindsight is the poor cousin of foresight. Especially for the solar industry. Hindsight vs Foresight You…
Solar Farms 2023
In January 2023, SunWiz predicted 2023 would be the worst year for energization of new solar farms since their rollout began in earnest. Unfortunately, we were proved correct. 1.1GW of…
Outlook 2024
If 14 years of solar industry analysis has taught me one thing, it is the impossibility of predicting future solar power deployment volumes. The monthly ups and downs of the…
The best places for solar power in 2023
For the Australian PV industry, 2023 was a year that was better by most accounts than 2022, unless you were in solar farm construction. But that growth didn’t apply evenly…
Commercial
The 2024 Annual SunWiz Australian PV Report has been released. Here’s what it has to say about the market for commercial solar energy: The STC commercial market grew by 25%…
4.6GW of PV installed in Australia in 2023
Accurately reporting on the Australian PV market isn’t an easy task. Courtesy of the REC Registry, SunWiz provides accurate and timely reports on the STC market in the first week…
System sizes
The monthly ups and downs of the Australian solar industry have rightly been described as a “solar coaster”. But there’s one figure that’s risen again and again, without falling since…
Near record year for residential solar power installations
Near record year for residential solar power installations Rooftop solar power systems were installed 11% faster in Australia in 2023 than in 2022, and fell just short of record levels,…
The 2024 Annual SunWiz Australian PV Report
The 2024 Annual SunWiz Australian PV Report has been released. Here’s what it has to say: 4.6 GW of PV capacity in total was installed in 2023, which lifted total…
Top Volume Retailers 2023
What does it take to be a Top Volume Retailer? The 2024 Annual SunWiz Australian PV Market Report provides the volumes and trends of the Top 50 STC retailers nationally…