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2022 A Weird Year For Australian Home Solar

Solar installations in Australia - 2022

New figures from the Clean Energy Regulator provide an initial look at the number of small-scale solar power system installations in Australia last year.

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Home Solar + Battery + Electrification Payback Under 10 Years? No Worries!

Solar and battery payback

Investing in a residential home battery and solar system is generally considered feasible only if the payback falls within the battery warranty period – typically 10 years. According to this bloke, that’s easily doable.

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Towards Net-Zero: Critical Minerals Grants Guidelines Released

Critical minerals - Australia

The Albanese Government has released guidelines for a new grants program to support the development of Australia’s critical minerals sector, which has the potential to play a much bigger role in global efforts to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

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Renewables Could Improve Healthcare For A *Billion* People

Renewable Energy In Healthcare

Close to a billion people across the planet are served by healthcare facilities with unreliable access to electricity, or none at all. This is a life and death situation that can be addressed with renewable energy states a new report.

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Making The Most Of Queensland’s Battery Boom

Battery industry opportunities for Queensland

Stakeholders have the opportunity to help shape Queensland’s future battery industry after a discussion paper was released yesterday by Acting Premier Steven Miles.

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Kevin And The Case Of The Missing Kilowatt Hours

Electricity consumption mystery in a solar/battery powered home solved.

There was so much red ink, it looked like a murder scene. Not long ago, in a suburb not too far away from SolarQuotes HQ, a solar/battery system owner made contact. He was engaged in an age-old battle, arguing with his electricity retailer about what seemed to be excessive charges on his power bill.

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Monster Mine Truck’s Monster Battery Arrives In Australia

Battery electric T 264 mine haul truck

WAE Technologies has delivered a really big battery to Australia – said to be the largest of its kind – for a really big prototype zero-emission battery electric mining haul truck.

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Hybrid Systems Australia Secures WA Schools VPP Project Slice

WA Schools VPP Pilot

Hybrid Systems Australia will be installing four fairly chunky solar and battery setups for a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) pilot project in Western Australia.

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Solar Panel Manufacturers Spreading Their Wings

QCells, JA and Tindo Solar

There’s been some interesting stuff happening at JA Solar, Qcells and Australia’s very own Tindo Solar this week.

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Installing Solar Panels with Raked Ceilings: Challenges and Solutions

Solar panels and raked ceilings

They say that happiness is directly proportional to ceiling height. Having grown up in a substantial c.1875 stone house, with ceilings closer to 4 metres than the standard suburban 2.4 metres, I can attest to the extra space offering some comfort – even if it’s just lower temperatures during hot summers.

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