A trial in the ACT of smiley face road signs powered by the sun appears to have been a success, and will be continued. [Read more…]
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New Solar Carport Design Allows 72 Panels To Be Installed In One Day
Don’t you wish rooftop solar was this easy? 72 panels installed in a day.
This is cool: PVDynamics in South Australia has come up with a fast, low-labour way to put solar panel roofs on outdoor structures such as pergolas and car parks. [Read more…]
Why Have Home Battery Forecasts Been Staggeringly Wrong For Years?
Honey, I shrunk the battery market
When I was a kid, the past wrote checks for the future reality couldn’t cash. I never got a flying car, let alone a jetpack, and a picture book I had promised me the 2020 Olympics would be on the moon. Well, it’s 2020 now and we don’t even have an Olympics, let alone a moon colony to hold it in. [Read more…]
Aurora PV + Storage Project Update
Last week, CEO of SiliconAurora Marie Pavlik addressed some questions related to the Aurora Project near Port Augusta in South Australia. [Read more…]
SA Home Battery Scheme’s New Calculator Gives Dismal Results (If You Can Find It)
The SA Government commissioned a calculator for their home battery scheme. It shows that, for most homes, even subsidised solar batteries don’t add up yet. So they buried it on their website.
Finally, after one and a half years, the South Australian Home Battery scheme has added a battery calculator to their site. [Read more…]
The Grid Wants To Control Your Solar Inverter — But Only For Good, Not Evil
Thanks to a deficit of trust in government, people are rightly worried when they hear that ‘the government wants to be able to switch off their solar systems’.
On the 30th of April the AEMO or — as it’s known by the long-winded — Australian Energy Market Operator, published a significant report called Renewable Integration Study 1. A few people read the summary and then wrote articles on how the grid wants to take control of people’s solar inverters; switching them on and off as they desire. [Read more…]
“Stimulus Summit” Today: A Renewables-Led Economic Recovery
The “Stimulus Summit” is a free online event being held today that will delve into government stimulus packages relating to renewables and climate change action, and discuss the critical role of decarbonisation in Australia’s economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read more…]
Help! I’m Export Limited To Zero kW. Does Solar Make Any Sense?
If you are not allowed to export any of your solar electricity, is it still worth getting panels?
Some people in Australia can’t export solar electricity to the grid. This is because their local Distributed Network Service Provider (DNSP) has export limited their home to zero kilowatts. While this isn’t common — yet — it is a tragedy wrapped in personal economic pain. [Read more…]
Green Loans For Solar Power Can Make Solid Financial Sense
SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock joined Sonya Feldhoff on ABC Radio Adelaide’s Afternoons program yesterday to discuss green loans for solar power systems. [Read more…]
Germany Home To 200,000+ Residential Battery Systems
65,000 home battery systems were installed in Germany last year says EuPD Research – and Tesla wasn’t among the leading energy storage choices. [Read more…]
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