The latest trick in the solar cowboys arsenal is known as the inflated STC price scam. Lear how to spot it and avoid it here.
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Dubbo: Solar Power Capital of Australia!
Well done Dubbo solar power installers! If you read the mainstream press in Australia, you’d think the towns and suburbs with the biggest average take up of solar panels would be the well-to-do inner city suburbs of our major cities. Perhaps Vaucluse, Toorak or the leafy eastern suburbs of Adelaide? Obviously they’d be more likely […]
[Continue reading…]Grid Connected Solar Panels with Battery Backup (aka Hybrid Solar)
Note: This post was written in 2012 and is way out of date. >>> Please read this post on solar batteries for the latest information. <<< A few weeks ago I blogged about my mate who really hates his electricity company. In fact he hates them so much he wanted his new house to have […]
[Continue reading…]Q-Cells file for bankruptcy but are saved by Korean Hanwha Solar
The German press has just announced that one of my favourite solar companies plans to file for insolvency tomorrow (April 4th).
[Continue reading…]‘No Can Do’ for Campbell’s Queensland Solar Projects
Well that didn’t take long did it folks? No sooner had Campbell “Can-Do?” Newman adjusted the height of the premier’s chair following his landslide win in the Sunshine state, than the plug was pulled on one of Queensland’s flagship solar projects. In moves that have become familiar to solar supporters around the nation, solar (and […]
[Continue reading…]Why Your 5kW Solar System Output Is Lower Than You Expected
Is your new solar system producing the power output it should? A very common question I get from people who have just got a new solar power system is: “Now the solar panels are on my roof, how do I know what the solar system output should be?”. The solar power system owners are usually […]
[Continue reading…]Silex steals the solar show
Good news stories about the Australian solar industry have been as rare as hen’s teeth lately. With the taking of the cudgels by state governments to the highly successful feed-in tariffs (can someone please explain that again — just one more time!), to the slow sinking of the fed’s Solar Flagships program, to the march […]
[Continue reading…]kW, kWh and kilowatt/hour : What do they stand for?
One of the most common sources of confusion I encounter when talking to non-electrical people about solar power is related to the terms kW and kWh. What do they stand for? What do they mean? And what’s the difference between the two? Watch the video, or read below to find out… Folks who are really […]
[Continue reading…]New generation of super thin solar cells promise half price solar power
Last week’s column brought you the latest, world-record-breaking achievements of the University of NSW. This week, just to balance the books a little, we thought we’d bring you news of the latest incredible overseas advance in PV cells from overseas — just to prove that solar research is pushing back the boundaries the world over. […]
[Continue reading…]SunGrow Inverter beats SMA in Latest Inverter Reviews
Note: This post is just one opinion on Sungrow Inverters. Click here for lots of Customer Reviews of Sungrow Inverters to see how they have performed in Australian homes over the last few years. If you are considering buying a Sungrow Inverter over an SMA inverter – then you should also check out customers’ SMA reviews. You’ll […]
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