Electric cars beat hybrids on emissions thanks to additional rooftop solar power
Pop Quiz: Which results in greater CO2 per kilometre? An all electric car (EV) or a fuel efficient hybrid?
Answer: An electric car charged from the Australian grid will result in around twice the emissions per kilometre driven. [Read more…]
Are you willing to trade control of your home battery for cash payments? Then a Virtual Power Plant may be for you. Our VPP table lets you compare offers.
Do you own a home battery, or are planning to get one? Then I have good news. The SolarQuotes Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Comparison Table is up and running. So if you are interested in joining a VPP, you’d better go catch it. [Read more…]
SMA’s ShadeFix doesn’t fix shade but reduces some of its secondary effects.
A couple of weeks go a reader asked me to write about ShadeFix. ShadeFix is the software German manufacturer SMA include in their solar inverters. This request made me feel a bit stupid because I had no idea what ShadeFix was. [Read more…]
The coronavirus, or COVID-19 as all the cool epidemiologists are calling it these days, has at time of writing killed over 2,600 people in China and quarantine measures taken to slow its spread have led to the greatest economic downturn that country has seen since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008.
But in the wake of all this suffering and disruption, there is a silver lining saving many more lives than the virus is taking. With power stations consuming half the coal they were at this time last year and road travel way down, lives saved from reduced air pollution should easily exceed those lost to the virus. [Read more…]
Solar Victoria’s marketing department wanted to spruik their solar battery rebate. Did they choose to mislead or inform the public?
On the 16th of January 2020 Solar Victoria published what they called a “case study” under the Latest News section on their web site. It’s about a person who is happy with their new solar battery system. On the face of it, that seems a lot better than someone who is unhappy with their battery system, but I suspect the person who bought it may have been misled and won’t be so happy with their purchase after they learn the truth. [Read more…]
On Wednesday last week Australia’s Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel, gave a talk on Australia’s energy future at the National Press Club. While there’s no doubt Australia’s Chief Scientist is a smart cookie, I think a couple of predictions he made are fairly obviously wrong. [Read more…]
Under 10 degrees tilt? Try groovy solar panels made by Winaico (and others).
It’s really bucketing down here in Queensland right now. I’m relieved because until this evening there was a remote but real possibility of everything going all orange and wavy and really hot. I have friends coming over from Taiwan and I’d be most dreadfully embarrassed if all we had to offer them was a fine selection of ashes. [Read more…]
Victorians can get $50 from the Victorian Energy Compare website until the 30th of June 2020 because they’d rather waste money on bribes than allow real competition.
If you live in Victoria and have an electricity or gas account in your name, you can get $50 from the Victorian Government. Why are they handing out $50 to every household that asks for it? [Read more…]
Of 18 batteries tested, 7 didn’t need repair or replacement and only 3 batteries passed the testing without issue: Sony Fortelion, Samsung AIO, and Pylontech. Sony was the best performer by my reckoning.
Good news! The Canberra Battery Test Centre have released their 7th report. I admit I’m a little behind in reporting this because it wasn’t released this month, or last month, or even the month before that. It came out all the way back in September. But it’s their fault I’m so late writing about it. [Read more…]
Introducing Solarquotes New Retail Electricity Plan Comparison Tool: It Will Pay For Pizza!
I’m paying way too much for electricity. It’s driving me broke! Financially I was doing okay until I told everyone I’d buy them pizza and it end up costing me $90. How can pizza cost $90? It’s dough, tomato sauce, ham, pineapple, and maybe some corn if you’re Japanese. How can that be $90? We only had four of them! [Read more…]
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