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The Australian Local Government Climate Review 2018, published early this month, reveals the nation’s councils are performing well in delivering energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. [Read more…]
The cost of rooftop solar continues to fall despite the fact that the Australian dollar has been falling too. It has been a while since I’ve harped on about how cost effective rooftop solar is, so I stayed up all night to make beautiful graphs of the simple solar payback time in every capital city. In other words I will show you how many years it will take the savings on your electricity bills to cover the cost of your solar power system. [Read more…]
Powershop Reveals Dollar Value Of Reposit Payments For Exporting Battery Power To Grid During ‘Critical Peaks’
Reposit is a smart controller that helps households make more effective use of battery systems. One advantage Reposit provides is during certain — very limited — periods of time, you can be paid $1 for each kilowatt-hour of electricity your battery exports to the grid. Reposit calls these payments GridCredits. [Read more…]
While perhaps not as exciting as the latest solar panel or battery technology, the evolution of the National Energy Guarantee is something worth keeping tabs on. [Read more…]
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Analysis released yesterday by the Australian PV Institute indicates Adelaide’s CBD could support 129MW of solar panels on the rooftops of its buildings. [Read more…]
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NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley has announced a Labor government will divert hundreds of millions of dollars destined for the controversial Sydney stadiums project to provide air-conditioning for the State’s public schools, the electricity for which will be offset by solar panels. [Read more…]
Tony Abbott And Craig Kelly Want Frydenberg To Adjust The Small-scale Technology Percentage
Tony Abbott recently made a comment about the STCs that reduce the cost of rooftop solar to households and are commonly called the “solar rebate“1. Guess what he wants to do with them? Do you need a hint? Tell you what, I’ll make it easy for you and put it in the form of a multiple choice question. [Read more…]
In May last year I investigated what the total cost of electricity was for a typical household in Australia’s states and territories. I found that rather than South Australia having the most expensive electricity, as the Coalition claimed, once the effects of fixed charges and controlled loads for hot water were taken into account, it was the second cheapest state for household electricity.
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2018 will see Australia’s University of Newcastle (UON) boost its solar power street cred significantly with more PV to be installed at its Callaghan and Ourimbah campuses. [Read more…]
Beautifully installed frameless solar panels on an almost flat (3º N) roof. Photo credit: Gippsland Solar
If you are checking out this article because you are planning to put solar panels on a flat roof, then odds are you’re looking to install a commercial solar system. While there are homes with flat roofs, they’re not nearly as common as flat business roofs. But whether it’s for a home or a business the basic principles of installing on a flat roof are the same. It’s just that commercial systems tend to be a lot larger. [Read more…]
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