Solar Quotes Blog

Solar Scammers On The Prowl

Solar energy scams

Solar shysters are reportedly doing the rounds in Echuca, Victoria, and across the border in New South Wales an elderly woman had her purse stolen by a fake solar salesperson.

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Sun Helping To Power Precision Group’s Port Adelaide Plaza

Port Adelaide Plaza solar installation

Commercial property investment and management company Precision Group has officially unveiled its completed $1.3 million PV project in Adelaide.

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Enphase Shares Jump On Q4 2019 Results

Enphase Energy

U.S. solar manufacturer Enphase Energy, Inc. has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2019 – and the market appears very pleased.

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IKEA To Sell Solar Power Systems In Australia

IKEA - home solar power

It won’t be long before Australians will be able to buy a solar power system along with their flat-pack furniture at IKEA.

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Solar Powered PHASA-35 Completes First Test Flight In Australia

PHASA-35 - BAE Systems

BAE Systems is celebrating the successful maiden flight of a solar powered High-Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) aircraft at the RAAF’s Woomera Test Range in South Australia.

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CER Solar Panel Validation Initiative Update

Solar panel validation

More manufacturers have joined Australia’s Solar Panel Validation (SPV) Initiative and it’s time for the next step – the all-important logo.

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Climate Emergency Declared By City of Stonnington

City of Stonnington - solar energy

At a council meeting yesterday, Victoria’s City of Stonnington joined 89 other Australian local governments to have declared a climate emergency.

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Daintree Microgrid Project Feasibility Study “On Track”

Daintree microgrid

A feasibility study for a proposed solar-based microgrid project in Queensland’s Daintree region will be completed and delivered on time says Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch.

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Has Chief Scientist Alan Finkel Got It Wrong On Hydrogen And Natural Gas?

Chief Scientist Dr. Alan Finkel - Hydrogen

On Wednesday last week Australia’s Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel, gave a talk on Australia’s energy future at the National Press Club.  While there’s no doubt Australia’s Chief Scientist is a smart cookie, I think a couple of predictions he made are fairly obviously wrong.

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The Solar Panel Myth That Just Won’t Die – Energy Payback

Solar panel myth - energy payback

Just when you think it’s finally dead and buried, the myth of solar power system energy payback arises like a zombie from a B-grade horror movie.

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