Single parents and seniors living alone are being hit hardest by Western Australia’s rising energy costs, a new report shows.

A start-up mortgage broker is pushing for major lenders to bundle home loans with finance for solar panel and battery storage installation.

At the upcoming Solar Power International trade show in Las Vegas, LONGi Solar, the world's largest manufacturer of monocrystalline solar cells & modules, will introduce its 300W+ solar module series, based on 60-cell standard modules with over 300W nominal power and 72-cell modules exceeding 360W.

Chinese group BYD will provide solar panels with a production capacity of 180 megawatts to Brazilian company Solatio Gestão de Projectos Solares, of Spanish group ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, according to a contract signed on Wednesday.