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Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation announced yesterday it is investing in a seniors’ living project in Canberra with a focus on sustainability. [Read more…]
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SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 21 – Changing The World 3.3 Watts At A Time
Finn and Ronald discuss SQ’s initiative to help distribute off-grid solar to impoverished households overseas, battery testing results and standards, best and worst installer reviews and more. [Read more…]
Coal, Gas, Nuclear – What A Fracked Up Week In Australia
Adani’s coal mine another step closer, fracking to kick off in the NT (WA soon too?) and our energy minister hasn’t shut the door on nuclear power. Thank <insert choice of deity here> it’s Friday. [Read more…]
Simple Payback Time For 6.5 kW Of Rooftop Solar By Australian Capital — June 2019
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…]
ACT Feed-in Tariff Audit Could End With More Customer Refunds
Evoenergy have miscalculated a whole bunch of feed-in tariff credits.
We assume ACT solar installers already know that Evoenergy has had data problems, but we thought we’d take a look at what’s going on in case solar feed-in tariff schemes run into issues anywhere else. [Read more…]
$1 Billion School Solar + Battery Storage Program Under Labor
Various media outlets are reporting Labor will make a major announcement today regarding a solar + storage rollout at schools across the country should it win the upcoming election. [Read more…]
The Best Tilt For Solar Panels By Australian Capital: It’s Not Equal To Latitude
This article is about the best angle to tilt solar panels for the maximum possible energy yield over a year. It’s a common belief that panel tilt from horizontal should equal a location’s latitude, but this is not quite correct. [Read more…]
Solar Panel Direction: North Doesn’t Always Give Most Energy
Optimal Orientation For Solar Panels In Australian Capitals: Directly North Isn’t Always Best
Update 2 March 2025: This was written in 2019 and insolation figures for Australian capitals have been updated since then. Current results differ from what’s below, sometimes significantly. If you want up to date information, the best site to use I know of is PVWatts.
It is generally accepted the best direction to face solar panels to get the maximum possible output is directly north. While this is not a bad direction, it is often possible to get a very small boost by having them face slightly away from due north. Usually facing them a little to the east will improve output, but in some locations a small nudge to the west is best. [Read more…]
SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode #5
Last Friday Ronald and I sat down in SQHQ to discuss the previous 7 days on the blog. Here are the posts we discussed, along with links to the relevant place in the video. [Read more…]
Solar Installation Audit: 20% Of Installs Sub-Standard – More Than 2% Dangerous
CER Audit: Over 20% Of Solar Installations Are Sub-Standard And More Than 2% Are Dangerous. 0% of installers suspended by CER.
Australia’s Renewable Energy Target or RET was audited last year and a report released last month. It’s a 25,000 word report so I’m not going into everything it covers. There’s way too much detail for that. It’s enormous. If you wanted me to write that many words it would take me all day. Even longer if you wanted them in coherent sentences. [Read more…]
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