About PV Magazine Australia

PV Magazine Australia

Overview

PV Magazine Australia is the Australian edition of pv magazine, the international trade media platform for the solar photovoltaics and energy storage industries. Published online at pv-magazine-australia.com, it provides daily news and analysis for Australia's solar and battery sector: utility-scale project development, rooftop solar, energy storage, manufacturing and supply chains, technology and research, and the state and federal policies that shape the market.

The Australian site is one of a network of regional editions operated by the Berlin-headquartered pv magazine group, alongside the global English-language platform and editions for markets including Germany, the United States, Spain, France, Italy, India, China, Brazil and Latin America. Its coverage is produced for industry readers — developers, installers, manufacturers, investors, researchers and policy makers — and is organised under headings including Markets & Policy, Applications & Installations, Technology & Products, Research & Development and Opinion & Analysis.

History

The pv magazine group was founded in 2008 by solar industry pioneer Karl-Heinz Remmers and his company Solarpraxis AG, and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. From its first publication in 2008 the group built a monthly print magazine and a set of national websites into what it describes as the leading trade media platform for the global solar industry, adding newsletters, webinars and industry events and roundtables across its markets.

Australia was one of the group's earlier international focuses. Jonathan Gifford, an Australian journalist with a background in public broadcasting at the ABC, Deutsche Welle and the CBC, joined pv magazine in 2011, became its editor-in-chief in 2014, and was the founding editor of pv magazine Australia. The dedicated Australian website is described by the publication as launched in June 2017, giving the local industry a stand-alone daily news service rather than coverage within the global site. Marija Maisch, a journalist with a news agency background, took over as editor of pv magazine Australia in 2018 and, in the publication's own account, helped establish its online presence over the following two years; since December 2021 she has been a staff editor with pv magazine International, covering energy storage and other markets.

David Carroll now holds the role of Editor Australia, and his byline and that of reporter Ev Foley lead the site's current coverage. Gifford continues to contribute as a freelance editor, writing analysis for both the Australian and international platforms.

Content and Coverage

The Australian site publishes news every day, reporting the project pipeline of one of the world's most active solar markets: final investment decisions and construction starts for large-scale solar and battery projects, grid connection and curtailment issues, the rooftop solar and home battery boom, virtual power plants, and the manufacturing investments encouraged by programs such as the federal Solar Sunshot. Its homepage in mid-October 2026 led with contracted delivery of a 400 MW / 1,600 MWh battery project in Queensland, Clean Energy Regulator data showing large-scale solar investment decisions setting a new annual record through the September 2026 quarter, and ARENA funding rounds for solar robotics manufacturing.

Alongside news, the site carries opinion and analysis from industry contributors, research coverage from Australian and international universities and laboratories, technology and product announcements, and a press release service for companies. Because it belongs to a global platform, Australian readers also see international coverage relevant to the local market — supply chain and module technology reporting, battery storage developments and policy news from pv magazine's correspondents in other regions — and the site promotes the group's monthly global print magazine, whose October 2026 issue was current when this profile was prepared.

The group also runs events and digital formats across its markets, including webinars and its Quality and Future PV Roundtables, industry forums it has staged in Germany, the United States, India and Taiwan, and publishes special editions tied to major industry events in several regions. The Australian team's reporting is closely tied to the local industry calendar: its coverage of the All-Energy Australia exhibition, for example, included Gifford's published takeaways from the 2025 event in Melbourne, assessing the mood of a market dealing with rapid battery uptake and solar price cannibalisation. The site also maintains topic hubs for solar markets, energy storage, electric vehicles and hydrogen, and republishes longer features and Weekend Read-style analysis from the international edition for Australian readers.

Technology coverage is a particular strength of the platform: module and cell technology, inverter and mounting systems, battery chemistries and recycling, and independent testing — the group's pv magazine Module Test program, run with third-party quality assurance partners, is used by manufacturers internationally as a benchmark for product quality.

Audience and Reach

PV Magazine Australia does not publish an independently audited audience figure, and none is claimed here. The pv magazine group's own media material has put the Australian website at roughly 117,000 page views a month, a publisher figure published in its 2025 media kit. The group's global platform is substantially larger, and its media kits present the network as reaching solar decision makers across its regional editions in multiple languages.

Within Australia, the readership is a trade audience: solar farm and battery project developers, EPC contractors, module and inverter suppliers, rooftop installers and retailers, energy market analysts, financiers, and officials in agencies such as ARENA and the Clean Energy Regulator whose announcements the site covers closely.

Digital Presence

PV Magazine Australia is a digital edition; the Australian operation does not publish a local print magazine, although the group's global monthly print title is sold internationally in print and digital form through the pv magazine shop, and special print editions are produced for some markets and events. The Australian website at pv-magazine-australia.com is updated daily — its homepage in October 2026 carried current project, policy and research stories — and the group's newsletters deliver daily or weekly digests in its various markets.

The Australian site is closely integrated with the global pv-magazine.com platform: author pages, topic hubs and event coverage are shared across editions, and Australian stories are frequently republished or linked from the international site and its sister storage platform, ESS News — the group's dedicated global energy storage platform, which added its own print magazine in 2026, launched at The smarter E Europe. Australian coverage of big battery projects regularly flows into that storage coverage, reflecting how central Australia has become to the group's storage reporting.

Ownership and Organisation

PV Magazine Australia is published by the pv magazine group, the Berlin-based trade publisher founded in 2008 by Karl-Heinz Remmers and Solarpraxis AG. Editorial leadership of the group sits in Berlin: Michael Fuhs is head of editorial, and the group's senior editors oversee the monthly global magazine and the international platforms.

The Australian edition is produced by a locally focused editorial team under David Carroll, Editor Australia, with regular contributors including Ev Foley and freelance editor Jonathan Gifford, the edition's founding editor. The group does not publish an Australian street address; the edition operates as the Australian desk of the international publisher, with the connection to Australia carried by its editors and correspondents rather than a large local office.

Contact and Availability

PV Magazine Australia is at https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/, where its current news, opinion, research and press release sections are freely available. Contact routes for editorial and advertising enquiries are published on the website and through the pv magazine group's main platform at pv-magazine.com, including its media and advertising information for the Australian market. The group's monthly global magazine is available in print and digital editions through the pv magazine online shop.