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Chevy Bolt Electric Car Reveals How Cheap Batteries Really Are
Looking to buy some LG Chem batteries but don’t want to pay full price? In that case, I have a little scheme you might be interested in. If you want to, you could buy an LG Chem RESU6.5 battery system which will set you back around $1,000 per kilowatt-hour of storage. Or you could do […]
[Continue reading…]How To Clean Solar Panels
I have already written about why it doesn’t make sense to pay people to clean your solar panels. I also wrote it doesn’t make a lot of sense to clean them yourself. Once you add in the value of your time, the chance of falling off the roof and killing yourself, and how cleaning panels […]
[Continue reading…]New LG Chem RESU Batteries: Smaller, More Powerful And Cheaper Than A Powerwall
If you are in the market for a home battery and are tempted to buy a Powerwall, then I urge you to also consider the new range of LG Chem batteries announced last week. Whilst LG have been unable to compete with Elon Musk for mainstream media coverage, the LG Chem RESU, or Residential Energy […]
[Continue reading…]Australian Politicians Confuse Wind Power And Powerful Winds
Yesterday all of South Australia was blacked out and parts of the state are still without grid power today. This occurred because a powerful storm damaged transmission lines and the entire state grid automatically shut down as a safety precaution to prevent more damage. Restarting a grid after a complete shutdown is complex and requires […]
[Continue reading…]Is Solar Panel Cleaning A Waste Of Time And Money?
The day your solar panels are installed is the day you will get the best performance out of them. After that it is all down hill. Admittedly, it is a very shallow hill and it might take over 40 years to get to the bottom, but day one is going to be as good as […]
[Continue reading…]Misleading Statements On Sunrise Hurt Solar Industry
On Sunday morning the program Sunrise had a segment on solar power and battery storage. While I am glad whenever popular TV takes the opportunity to educate people on these topics, that wasn’t what happened here. It was the opposite of education, as anyone watching it could easily come away believing the following three things: […]
[Continue reading…]Goodwe’s GW2500-BP DC Converter: The Cheapest Way To Retrofit Batteries?
If you own a solar system and want to add batteries then, in theory, the cheapest way to do this is to simply plug your batteries into your existing solar inverter. The solar inverter can then convert the batteries’ DC power into AC power, just like it does for your solar. Unfortunately, in practice, regular solar […]
[Continue reading…]Cheapest Electricity Plans For Solar Owners Revealed
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, electricity bills are confusing. If you are one of those rare people who don’t find electricity bills confusing, then I have two things to say to you. Firstly, “Good for you”. Secondly, “When are you returning to your home planet?” because I find it hard to […]
[Continue reading…]Does Battery Storage Help Or Hurt The Environment?
Millions of Australians have installed rooftop solar to help the environment and save money. Many are hoping home battery storage will soon let them do the same. The cost of home energy storage is falling rapidly and it may not be long before it pays for itself. But at its current price it will not […]
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