How does the Aussie heat affect your solar panel performance?
One of the main factors that makes Solar Power so popular over here (apart from the Aussie Pollies throwing wads of money at in in the form of Solar rebates and Solar Feed In Tariffs) is the fact that the Sun is so damn strong down here.
It’s not rocket science to work out why Solar Power hasn’t really taken off in less sunny climes like my homeland; grey, drizzly old England.
In fact the same 1.5kW system on a roof of my Mum’s quaint cottage in Northern England will produce 45% less energy than if it was on my roof here in Sunny Adelaide.
So does that mean the more sun the better, when it comes to generating Solar Power?
That would kind of make sense, right?
Unfortunately, as with most things in this life, it is a bit more complicated than that. [Read more…]
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