If jobs and growth are really the cornerstones of the Coalition’s election campaign, they’d be well served by promoting a more pro-clean energy platform, according to a report released by the Clean Energy Council.
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Origin And AGL Raise Electricity Prices In South Australia Because They Can
Australia’s two largest electricity retailers have announced they will increase prices in South Australia from the 1st of July. Origin Energy will raise prices by 6.5% increase and AGL will raise them by around 10%.
[Continue reading…]SMA Sunny Boy Storage: Easily retrofit battery storage to your existing solar
The SMA Sunny Boy Storage is a battery-inverter that you can use to add battery storage to your existing rooftop solar system. It does not store energy itself, but integrates modern battery packs, such as the Tesla Powerwall, into your home’s electricity supply. It is exciting because it is the cheapest and simplest way to add […]
[Continue reading…]Election 2016 — renewables roundup week #5
A bit of housekeeping before we launch into the Election 2016 renewables roundup for week #5. Last week we touched on the growing interest in the independents and — in particular — the rise and rise of the Nick Xenophon Party, especially in the senator’s home state of South Australia.
[Continue reading…]SunPower Solar Panels: One of the best panels lots of money can buy
SunPower make some of the best solar panels in existence. Or at least some of the best on this planet. Perhaps Spectrolab regularly shoots better ones into space to mars or somewhere, I don’t know. But if you want to buy something that is meant to go on a roof and not a space probe, then […]
[Continue reading…]Election 2016 — Renewables roundup Week #4
As Election 2016 reaches the halfway point, it’s time to consider a few possibilities in our weekly election renewables roundup. With the polls tightening even further, what chance is there of another hung parliament? More importantly, what does that mean for renewables such as solar energy development in Australia over the next three years?
[Continue reading…]ZCell Battery Review: Better Than Lithium-ion?
Note: the Cell battery has been superseded as Redflow continuously improves its product. The latest version of Redflow’s battery is called the ZBM3. The Australian company Redflow is accepting pre-orders for its new home energy storage system, the ZCell battery. It has a 10 kilowatt-hour usable storage capacity, can provide 3 kilowatts of continuous power, […]
[Continue reading…]Election renewables roundup Week #3
Our election renewables roundup for week 3 sees the polling gap between the two major parties to be the width of a cigarette paper with Bouncing Billy Shorten closing the preferred prime minister margin. The closeness of the campaign shows a single issue cuts across party and demographic lines, is popular amongst the majority of voters […]
[Continue reading…]Enphase Battery Is Impressive But Very Unlikely To Save You Money
Until now, if you have been one of the highly intelligent and undoubtedly good looking people with a grid connect solar system and you wanted to add batteries, you were looking at spending at least $10,000. But that will no longer be the case in August when the teeny tiny $2,000 Enphase AC Battery becomes available in Australia.
[Continue reading…]Phono Solar Panels Review: Reliability Scores Highly
Getting the most out of solar panels depends upon them working as promised when they are installed, and then continuing to work in a similar way for decades to come. To assist people in selecting solar panels that are likely to do this, DNV GL, an international certification organization, performed tests upon a wide range […]
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