As Australians raced to buy rooftop solar panels in November 2022, how much were they paying on average for systems? Find out in SolarQuotes’ latest solar price report. [Read more…]
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Engie Readying For Yass Energy Park Project
Engie ANZ is gearing up for a proposed large-scale solar + battery project outside Yass in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales. [Read more…]
Bowen’s Community And Big Battery Blitz: More Details
Buzz about batteries was again stirred up over the weekend by Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen. Here’s what’s happening. [Read more…]
Allume SolShare Makes It Easier For Stratas To Go Solar
Putting solar panels on a Strata property is often tricky. There can be technical challenges with the design and installation, not to mention the political challenges of dealing with multiple owners and a shared roof.
Making solar power easy for people in multiple occupancy buildings is a tough nut to crack. Some good news is Allume Energy appears to have developed a powerful nutcracker in its SolShare system that distributes energy from one large solar system to multiple users in a building. [Read more…]
Sutherland Court Serving Up Solar Powered Justice
Sydney’s Sutherland Courthouse is cranking and storing clean electricity to help power its operations. It’s among a bunch of courthouses in NSW now doing so and there should be more to come. [Read more…]
How To Beat The Solar Panel Oversize Rule With Grid-Tied Solar And Batteries
Breaking the infamous ‘133% / 75% Solar Oversize Rule’ won’t get you in trouble if you add a battery. Or will it?
It depends on who you ask… [Read more…]
Clarence Valley Council’s Big Solar + Battery Boost
NSW’s Clarence Valley Council’s impressive new solar, battery storage and EV charger installation has been completed and is operational. [Read more…]
Green Light For Byron Shire Council Solar Farm
Are we there yet? Not quite. But Byron Shire Council’s proposed solar farm project for Myocum just moved another step closer. [Read more…]
Australian Solar Prices: November 2022 Update
Did the cost of fully installed home solar power systems in Australia go up or drop in October 2022? Find out in SolarQuotes’ latest solar price report. [Read more…]
The Problem Of Solar Voltage Rise/Drop And How To Fix It
![Solar cabling and voltage rise/drop in Australia](https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cable-thickness.jpg)
Top to bottom, 70mm² 25mm² 16mm² 10mm² (3 phase) 6mm² sheathed, 2.5mm² sheathed, 4mm² Solar DC, 3 x 2.5mm² flexible plus a dangerously cracked and brittle 16mm² main service from a 1960s house.
Some weeks ago, I explained why the voltage in a long cable will drop over its length, and how this affects solar installations that are a long way from the switchboard. [Read more…]
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