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SolarQuotes’ New Retail Electricity Plan Comparison Tool Can Save You Money — It Let Me Afford Pizza

January 27, 2020 2024-06-05T14:56:34 by Ronald Brakels 50 Comments

I’m paying way too much for electricity. It’s driving me broke! Financially I was doing okay until I told everyone I’d buy them pizza and it end up costing me $90. How can pizza cost $90? It’s dough, tomato sauce, ham, pineapple, and maybe some corn if you’re Japanese. How can that be $90? We […]

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Solar Panels Installed For Kimberley Coast Community

January 27, 2020 2020-01-27T06:29:49 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

160kW of solar capacity has been installed on the rooftops of several community buildings in the remote community of Bidyadanga.

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Better Batteries With Relectrify’s BMS+Inverter

January 27, 2020 2020-01-27T05:07:29 by Michael Bloch 1 Comment

Melbourne-based Relectrify has officially launched a battery management system (BMS) it says can boost lithium-ion battery service life by as much a third and reduce cost by up to half compared to other market-leading tech.

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Sungrow Crabby With Researcher Over Inverter Security Vulnerability Disclosure

January 24, 2020 2020-03-04T14:50:04 by Richard Chirgwin 19 Comments

Update: patch available – see end of story A few months after I wrote about security in the home renewables space, a Brisbane engineer bought a Sungrow SH5k-20 inverter, decided to “poke around”, and claims to have turned up a crop of serious security vulnerabilities.

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More Off-Grid Solar + Energy Storage For The Bush?

January 24, 2020 2020-01-24T05:08:33 by Michael Bloch 4 Comments

The bushfire crisis has some electricity distributors thinking more about utilising solar power and battery storage.

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Scumbags Steal Solar Panels From Fire Lookout Tower

January 23, 2020 2020-01-23T07:45:17 by Michael Bloch 8 Comments

Low-life, degenerate pus buckets have stolen solar panels that could help save lives from a site near Gympie in Queensland.

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JinkoSolar Boasts Bifacial Panel Conversion Efficiency Record

January 23, 2020 2020-01-23T06:26:27 by Michael Bloch 2 Comments

Solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar has staked a claim for achieving the highest conversion efficiency in bifacial panels to date.

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SA Energy Minister Praises Bonney Big Battery

January 22, 2020 2020-01-22T07:48:30 by Michael Bloch 2 Comments

South Australia’s Minister for Energy and Mining Dan “The Battery Man” van Holst Pellekaan is pretty excited about Infigen Energy’s Lake Bonney big battery.

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Noosa To Host Cities Power Partnership Summit

January 22, 2020 2020-01-22T05:47:59 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

Noosa Council has been chosen to host a national summit later this year for local government, industry and community leaders doing their bit towards Australia’s energy transformation.

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