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Revealed: Ausgrid’s Devious Strategy To Keep Solar Customers Confused

ausgrid complaints

In order to help out people who are considering installing rooftop solar in Sydney, I took it upon myself to find out what people need to know if they want to install a system in the Ausgrid Electricity Network area. I did it for the benefit of humanity. Well, specifically for the benefit of people […]

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Solar Panel Rebate To Be Phased Out From 1st of January 2017

A map of Australia showing the four solar rebate zones and the number of STCs received per kilowatt for each remaining year of the solar rebate.

The solar rebate which currently reduces the cost of rooftop solar in Australia will be phased out with the first reduction starting in less than 8 months on the 1st of January 2017. The rebate will reduce by one fifteenth of its current amount on the first day of each new year until 2030 and will […]

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Coal Power Eliminated From South Australia With Help From Rooftop Solar

coal miners hat

History has been made with the closure of the Northern Power Station which has eliminated the use of coal in South Australia. And I say good riddance to you, Northern Power Station. I’m sorry you are no longer providing employment for people in Port Augusta or at the Leigh Creek coal mine, but I’m not […]

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5 Reasons Why Supply Charges On Electricity Bills Must Go!

A close of of the portrait, 'A young Lady and a Unicorn', by Domenichino. Both the young lady and the unicorn have Hitler mustaches.

Do you know what I hate? What I truly despise? What causes black bile to bubble up from the deepest, darkest depths of my soul? Supply charges on electricity bills.

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Clean Energy Council report throws down the gauntlet to lawmakers

power shift CEC report

A Clean Energy Council report released last week makes for intriguing reading folks. Building on the recent Paris agreements, where countries agreed to limit carbon emissions to limit global warming to 2 degrees or below, the study challenges our leaders to think seriously about how to carry out such a plan.

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Perovskite solar cells in commercial production just around the corner says report

Perovskite

We’ve previously covered the novelty of perovskites as a potential game changer for solar cell cost and efficiency, and also asked why, with such a name, they haven’t as yet debuted in the latest James Bond blockbuster. But perovskite solar cells in commercial production as the “Next Big Thing” in solar cell technology? Surely that’s a […]

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Trina Breaks Black Silicon Efficiency Record

Solar Cell Efficiency

Trina Solar, one of the largest manufacturers of solar panels in the world, has announced they have achieved a new efficiency record for black silicon solar cells of 23.5% on a large-area, mono-crystalline, square silicon wafer, 156 millimeters across. This beats the previous record of 22.94% Trina achieved in May 2014. The new record was confirmed by […]

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Think tank predicts end of fossil fuel in a decade

Most supporters of the clean energy revolution have never wavered in their belief that renewables will be the dominant energy source of the future. The only question is how long before we wean ourselves off fossil fuels. Now a think tank based in the United Kingdom has had a stab at answering this $64 question […]

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LG Chem Resu 6.4Ex vs Tesla Powerwall

tesla powerwall warranty conditions graph

If you are looking at a 6.4kWh Lithium-Ion battery for use with your solar power system in Australia right now, you are probably tossing up between a LG Chem Resu 6.4Ex and the Tesla Powerwall. To help you decide which one is for you – here is a side by side comparison, and some commentary […]

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Enphase’s Cunning Plan: Make Micro Inverters Cheaper than String Inverters.

a graph of micro inverter cost vs string inverter cost to Q4 2017

When it comes to Australian solar installations, conventional string inverters tower over the competition like a current converting colossus. But microinverters, which are tiny in both physical size and market share, are shaping up to beat string inverters on both price and reliability. Enphase, the world’s largest producer of microinverters, plans to beat conventional inverters on […]

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