Quite Possibly The Largest Monosilicon Solar Panel Producer In The World…
Longi Solar is a Chinese company that has accumulated solar panel production capacity at a prodigious pace.
Also, they’ve grown really fast. [Read more…]
Energy Storage Echo Chamber Has Greens And Coalition Working To Increase Emissions
The Greens and the Libs agree on one thing at least: that storage should be subsidised. But should it?
The mainstream media has been full of news about energy storage over the last few months. [Read more…]
Is Your Electricity Retailer Ripping You Off On Solar Feed-In Tariffs?
I’m getting reports that some electricity retailers are refusing to honour the full feed-in-tariff. In my opinion, that is theft.
Let Me Know If Your Electricity Retailer Is Cheating You Out Of Your Solar Feed-In Tariff… [Read more…]
Clean Energy Council Sounds Warning On Solar Panel Quality
CEC are concerned with the reliability of solar panels entering Australia, and are taking steps to address it.
On Thursday I attended the All Energy Conference and saw a presentation by Sandy Pulsford of the Clean Energy Council on solar panel quality. The gloomy skies above Melbourne that day well matched the bad news he gave about the quality of some solar panels in Australia. [Read more…]
How Many Solar Panels Do You Need To Charge An Electric Car?
If you are thinking of buying an electric car and have solar then you need to read this.
I recently wrote about how an electric car revolution is coming thanks to declining battery costs and rising environmental concern. I made a promise in that article I would soon write about charging electric cars with rooftop solar and soon is now. Or at least it soon will be. [Read more…]
SunPower P-Series Panels Now Available In Australia
UPDATE 27th August 2018: It has kindly been brought to my attention the warranty for SunPower’s P17 panels excludes normal residential installation. The SunPower P17 warranty says it does not apply to:
“PV Modules which have been installed on single-family homes or semi‐detached homes, including but not limited to duplexes and townhomes. For clarity, apartment and condominiums are not excluded.”
UPDATE 31st August 2018: P18 and P19 panels will be covered by SunPower’s warranty when installed on residential homes. Warranties for P-series panels can be downloaded from SunPower’s Australian site on this page.
SunPower Performance Series solar panel, or P-Series for short, are now available in Australia. These attractive panels aren’t available in a wide range of colours and are a lower efficiency but cheaper alternative to SunPower’s E-Series and X-Series panels. While sold overseas for more than a year, they’ve only been available Down Under for a few months and they’ve been on the down low, as their arrival was devoid of fanfare. [Read more…]
Electric Cars Will Roll Over The Competition
Tesla superchargers connected to Tesla S electric luxury vehicles in Adelaide sitting opposite Mitsubishi MiEVs.
The Electric Car Revolution Is Coming And Cannot Be Stopped
Electric cars are approaching a major milestone. Soon they will reach 1% of total world vehicle production.
If you don’t think that’s a big deal, consider how quickly things changed once 1% of people had the internet or 1% had smartphones. This might not seem like a reasonable comparison, as a brand new electric car costs more than twice as much as the latest iPhone, but things are definitely taking off. [Read more…]
Turnbull Twisting Arms Over Natural Gas Is A Zero Sum Game
Don’t believe the hype. Domestic gas prices have very little effect on retail electricity prices. Someone should tell Turnbull.
According to the mainstream media, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been busy twisting the arms of natural gas producers. He wants Australians to pay less for Australian gas. Specifically he wants us to pay less than overseas customers pay for Australian gas.
This has upset gas producers because, like most companies, they would prefer to sell stuff for more money rather than less. [Read more…]
WA Hikes Electricity Bills 20% For Poorest, 1% For Billionaires
Supply charge rises in WA will hurt the poorest the most.
On the first of July electricity prices increased in Western Australia. This was not a surprise as the state government had announced prices would be increasing over the next three years. The surprise was they increased them in the worst possible way. [Read more…]
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