Tag: Panels

Panel beaters: Audit lays bare Digital Marketplace misuse

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Canberra’s $15 billion tech panel is being routinely exploited by officials, who use it as a veneer of competition when handing hundreds of millions of dollars to their preferred...

$550m in Solar Sunshot grants unlocked

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government’s $1 billion program to build supply chain resilience in solar panel manufacturing has opened to applications amid a political storm over its economic merits. The first...

Panels panacea rushing for 2025 launch

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Two embarrassing leaks of consultants’ pricing rates has accelerated reforms to the federal government’s procurement system, with a new all-in-one solution to handle agencies’ panel buying now expected next...

Qld solar panels could soon be banned from landfill

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A ban on the dumping of end-of-life solar panels in landfill is among 33 proposals being considered in the Queensland government’s e-products draft action plan, which seeks to maximise...

$7bn solar trade deficit over last five years

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia has run a more than $7 billion trade deficit on solar panels and associated components over the past five years as the country’s potential for sustainable solar panel...