To tilt or not to tilt your solar panels. That is the question.
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Subsidising solar development for polluters
Bluescope steel, who have lobbied hard against the carbon tax are now asking for government funding to help develop solar powered roofs… Can anyone spot the irony?
[Continue reading…]Queensland’s feed-in tariff: playing politics with solar?
As was widely expected, the new QLD government finally axed their generous Feed In Tariff last week. Here’s what Rich Bowden makes of it all..
[Continue reading…]Samil Power Inverters: The Hyundai of the Solar Industry?
The latest Photon Magazine (solar industry bible) reckons Samil Power Inverters are the Hyundai of the solar Industry. That got me thinking…. what about the other inverter brands?
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Solar brings down electricity prices says report
Who would have thought? When you actually look at the data, solar power’s net effect on wholesale electricity prices has been to reduce them! So how come your bills are going up not down? FInd out here…
[Continue reading…]Solar intermittency can be managed: CSIRO report
The CSIRO have use good old-fashioned science to show that solar power can be used as base load power. But will that be enough to convince the anti solar mob who rely on hearsay and anecdotes?
[Continue reading…]How to work out if your solar system is performing properly.
Once your solar system is on your roof, how can you work out if it is giving you the power that you paid for? i.e. how can you tell that you haven’t been sold a lemon? Here is a 2 minute method to get a definitive answer that your installer can’t argue with!
[Continue reading…]Using social media to sell solar
Solar fans who spend a lot of time on Facebook may have noticed how the number of pages with a solar energy theme have mushroomed over the past year or so. Whatever the concerns that may exist over Facebookâs looseness with personal security, and apparent inability to conduct a well-organised IPO, solar companies and other renewable organisations obviously feel it provides an excellent platform to promote the game changing qualities of renewable energy.
[Continue reading…]Can Aussie solar soar despite sorry policy options?
An extraordinary 94 percent of 1,000 Aussies polled believe that the government should do more to assist the construction of big solar plants in the country.
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