Upgrading or replacing your solar panels? Here’s 7 options for disposing of the old ones.
An unfortunate fact is solar panels eventually die. While good quality panels can survive over 30 years exposure to the elements, a crap one might fail after only two months because it was damaged when it left the factory. But whether your panels are the cream of the crop or scum off the top of a pot full of rot, they will die. It will just happen a lot sooner to the crap ones. [Read more…]
Power Of No Choice. AusNet are making the most of their monopoly.
Update 16th January 2020: Yesterday we were sent a screenshot of what a home owner in the Ausnet area were told by Ausnet customer support. It states that Ausnet never allows solar homes to have a standard tariff in their area. This is different from what they told me on the phone. Here is the letter they sent: [Read more…]
HT-SAAE: not a bunch of random letters, but a Chinese government owned company that has manufactured panels for use in Australia, space and other weird places.
I have two pieces of good news about HT-SAAE solar panels I’m just dying to tell you. They are:
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UPDATE: January 3, 2022. This blog post is a couple of years old. The product warranty on HT-SAAE solar panels has since been boosted again a couple of times, most recently to 25 years. The latest warranty document (as at January 3, 2022) can be found here.
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Small Protestors Take To Streets In A Big Way
On Friday I took to the streets as part of the Climate Strike protest. It was something I had to do. Something I owed to my children. Something I owed quite literally, as they had paid me 60 cents to attend. [Read more…]
Good news, friends! I’ve discovered a new solar panel manufacturer site full of bizarre English! It is brilliant! I haven’t been this happy since since the days when Risen Energy boasted about having a blue ocean strategy instead of a red ocean where the fish keep biting each other. [Read more…]
If you add $2,200 to the existing $6,000 SA battery subsidy, South Australians can get an $8,200 discount on the TeslaPowerwall 2. But as always, read the small print.
On Thursday Tesla announced it will lower the price of its Powerwall 2 battery storage system by $2,200 for South Australian residents. This will make the Powerwall 2’s minimum installed cost around $7,100. After adjusting for the SA battery subsidy it’s now only around $1,000 more than it was at the start of 2018. With luck we won’t have to wait too much longer for it to be back down to where it was 20 months ago. [Read more…]
If you asked me how much solar you should put on your roof I would say, “As much as you can without doing something stupid like borrowing from the mafia or doubling up on solar panels by stacking them on top of each other.” In other words, install as much as you can without making problems for yourself. [Read more…]
ACT has a powerful battery rebate, but only 3 battery sales companies are allowed to be part of it.
Do you live in the ACT and want the highest solar battery rebate in Australia? Well, you can’t have it! The only way you can get that is to move your ACT arse to SA. If you come to Adelaide be sure to bring some kangaroos with you because, unlike Canberra, we never see them hopping through the suburbs here. [Read more…]
Hyundai have increased the product warranty of their solar panels from 12 to 25 years! O frabjous dai! Hyun! Hyai!
I have great news for anyone who wants a 25 year product warranty on their solar panels but doesn’t want to pay big bucks to get it. On the first of this month Hyundai Energy Solutions increased their product warranty in Australia from 12 to 25 years.1
The cheapest electricity plans for 6.5kW solar owners (with median self-consumption) are Amaysim, Origin, and Energy Australia.
The three most populous states — and South Australia — all have electricity retailer choice. This gives people the freedom to choose the electricity plan that’s best for them, while electricity retailers do their best to stop that from happening. [Read more…]
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