After a summer of bushfires and smoke haze, around lunchtime on January 20 Canberra experienced a massive hailstorm with winds of up to 117km/h accompanied by hail as big as golf balls.

No, this is not another article about covid-19 isolation. This is about DC isolation, an issue that solar installers have spoken about on smokos and rooftops for the past 10 years.

JinkoSolar has launched its Tiger Pro module series, which can generate maximum power output up to 580W.

The enormous paddocks of roofing that protect our cities’ warehouses and industry from occasional drizzle are largely naked of purple PV panels because of two wee problems: many networks won’t allow owners of C&I PV to export surplus solar energy, and the occupant businesses often don’t use enough electricity to account for much of a rooftop system.