Well, that makes a nice change…
This morning I woke up, checked the horse was still alive, checked the children were still alive,1 and then checked my email. To my surprise there was one from Finn telling me the price of the Tesla Powerwall 2 had dropped. [Read more…]
Does the SA Energy Minister understand battery payback?
Last month my boss, Finn, received a letter inviting him to a “Home Battery Forum” hosted by South Australia’s Minister for Energy and Mining, Daniel Cornelius van Holst Pellekaan, at the Marion RSL. As Finn couldn’t make it and I was curious what the Dutchest of all Australian Energy Ministers had to say, I attended. [Read more…]
Solar & EV owners: don’t stress about charging your car directly from the grid when the sun isn’t shining.
The first thing I’ll do in this article is point out it’s difficult to fit caveats into a headline. The second thing I’ll do now I’m writing the article and have the space to explain is state there are exceptions to the two main points I am about to make, which are:
Backsheet failures from the field. Images: Crap Solar FB Page
On the 19th of June DuPont, the world’s largest chemical company, released their Global PV Reliability 2019 Field Analysis report. It contains disturbing news on the reliability of plastic backsheets used for solar panels. [Read more…]
Mainstream media gets it wrong on batteries. In other shock news Pope declares he’s a Catholic.
If you told me two years ago you spent $46,000 on a solar and battery system and it saved you $4,000 a year, my reaction would be, “I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry.” [Read more…]
You’ve probably heard of mono and poly panels. Now there’s a third type: ‘cast-mono’. But what the hell is it?
Silicon is the Queen of solar power. Some people say Coal is King, but I say our Queen can kick your King’s arse. [Read more…]
The Canberra Battery Test Centre has released their latest six monthly report. It took them 9 months to get it out, but I’m glad they took their time, as it’s a beauty. [Read more…]
A new Module Reliability Scorecard was published earlier this month. It reveals the sadistic practices of a standards organization that subjected solar panels to torturous tests so they could announce which ones came out on top. [Read more…]
Today I spoke with Michael Rush, the head of Sales and Marketing for Canadian Solar in Australia. Well, I say I spoke to him today, but you’re actually reading this during my tomorrow — so my today is now your yesterday. I guess time really is a wibbly wobbly thing.
He told me some interesting things. They included: [Read more…]
Discover typical solar payback in 2019 for each of Australia’s state capitals.
One year and one month ago I wrote about the simple payback time of rooftop solar, which is how long it takes the savings from solar power to equal the cost of a system. In most Australian capitals it took around 5 years or less, which meant rooftop PV was one of the best investments households could make.
I have done the same thing again — except differently [Read more…]
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