Every year we publish the Installer’s Choice Awards, and every year the same two objections turn up in the comments within about four milliseconds.
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Solar Sharer: How To Shift Appliances To Free Daytime Power
EV charging, heating, and cooling are usually the biggest electrical loads you can shift. We’ve already talked about heating and cooling in another part of this series, and we’ve also covered EVs. After those, hot water and the pool pump are usually next. But not all appliances can be shifted. Here’s how to figure out […]
[Continue reading…]Government Expands Solar Rebates For Commercial Rooftops
The federal government has announced a major expansion of Australia’s Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES), opening the door for much larger commercial rooftop solar systems to receive the same type of upfront incentive that helped drive Australia’s household solar boom. Under the proposal, the SRES threshold would increase tenfold from 100 kilowatts to 1 megawatt, […]
[Continue reading…]Fuel Excise Cut Ends, As Age Of The EV Begins
The fuel excise cut introduced to soften the impact of rising petrol prices finished at midnight on 2 August. From this point, petrol and diesel are taxed at the full rate again, so prices at the pump are climbing higher once again. It comes as new data out this week shows that electric and hybrid […]
[Continue reading…]GroWatt Manager Teabags The Clean Energy Council
There’s never a dull moment in the solarcoaster, but a GroWatt manager took things up a notch last week by getting themselves arrested after a dalliance with the Clean Energy Council (CEC).
[Continue reading…]From My Wardrobe To A Million Quotes: What’s Changed (And What Hasn’t)
This week SolarQuotes ticked over one million quote requests. Somewhere in a database is customer number one1, and somewhere in the queue right now is customer number one million.
[Continue reading…]Can You Charge An EV In Three Hours Of Free Power?
Solar Sharer plans featuring free daytime electricity can be great value for EV owners – but there’s a catch. To make the most of the offer, you need a dedicated home charger set to run during the free hours. If you use a regular wall socket and try to guess the timing, you’ll barely cover […]
[Continue reading…]What 20,000 Homes Reveal About Solar Batteries
If you’ve ever wondered what difference a home battery actually makes to the way your home interacts with the grid, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has some new real-world data. Buried in the latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics report is a comparison of 20,000 Australian homes that examines how households with rooftop solar and those […]
[Continue reading…]Australia Needs More Electricians. Can Big Sister Help?
Australia needs more electricians, and one organisation believes helping more women complete their apprenticeships is part of the answer. Big Sister is working with apprentices, employers and training providers to improve the number of women entering electrical trades and, just as importantly, staying long enough to become qualified. The work comes as demand grows for […]
[Continue reading…]Most Battery Owners Passed On VPPs. Offer Them Something Better.
Only 24% of Australian battery owners have joined a Virtual Power Plant (VPP). That’s from the ACCC’s latest electricity market report, and the reaction has been fairly uniform: this is a problem, and the fix is to make VPPs more appealing. Better consumer protections. Simpler products. Minimum technical standards. Probably more VPP rebates. But there’s […]
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