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Solar power scheme designed to prevent SA blackouts set back by manufacturing delays

A change to solar power regulations in South Australia, designed to prevent the electricity grid from overloading and causing potential power instability, has been delayed by more than six months.

The leading technology, dubbed "Flexible Exports", allows rooftop solar panel owners, through inverters, to send double the current number of kilowatts to the electricity grid — but it can also limit the amount of solar power that households can export, depending on overall demand for electricity.

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