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Why Spending $100m On Coal To Hydrogen Project Is Stupid

November 26, 2018 2018-11-26T07:51:06 by 13 Comments
coal to hydrogen madness

Dumb and Dumber: Federal and Victorian governments spending $50 million each on Japanese coal to hydrogen project.

The Federal and Victorian Governments are spending $100 million building a Japanese coal to hydrogen demonstration plant.  That’s $50 million each.  Before any of you get upset at the cost, I’ll mention I originally thought it was $500 million, so we’re already $400 million better off than I thought we were a few hours ago.  At this rate I’m sure coal to hydrogen will be making money for the average Australian in no time.  And in other news, monkeys may fly out of my butt. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Solar and the Environment

Help! I Bought Solar But My Bills Are Still High

November 22, 2018 2024-10-01T14:57:31 by 28 Comments
Solar power and electricity bills

If you bought a solar power system and your bills are still high, then either your system is not working or you haven’t considered the big picture of energy-efficiency, hot water heating and system size.

In this post you will discover:

  • Why – if you want tiny bills – buying a solar power system is about more than buying a good system from a reputable installer.
  • How to quickly estimate if any solar panel array is working well in 3 minutes, with or without monitoring.
  • How to work out if your electricity retailer is billing you correctly or ripping you off.
  • Just how hard-to-use most inverter manufacturer monitoring software is – and why you should always buy a good third party monitoring system such as Solar Analytics to go over the top.
  • How following the 7 steps in my book – The Good Solar Guide – virtually guarantees tiny bills and no surprises.
  • And how to read The Good Solar Guide for free.

So let’s get started shall we… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Solar Panels

Tasmania Solar Feed-In Tariff Review Completed

November 22, 2018 2018-11-22T05:29:03 by 5 Comments

Tasmania solar feed in tariff review

The results of the Tasmanian Government’s review of the state’s solar feed-in tariffs will be of particular interest to those still on the generous 1:1 premium Transitional FiT. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

Plan To Make Export And Burning Of Thermal Coal Illegal In Australia

November 19, 2018 2018-11-19T07:25:59 by 5 Comments

Australian coal ban

The Australian Greens are to introduce a bill that if passed would make it unlawful to dig, burn or ship thermal coal after 2030. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

SolarQuotes’ Finn Peacock On ABC Radio’s Nightlife

November 15, 2018 2018-11-16T16:14:42 by Leave a Comment

Finn Peacock - SolarQuotes - ABC Nightlife

Finn Peacock, founder of SolarQuotes appeared on the ABC radio program Nightlife last night.  I’m guessing you won’t be surprised to hear he talked about rooftop solar.  I’m not saying he’s getting predictable, but I didn’t think the chances of him talking about home coal generation were very high. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

Gunnedah Solar Farm Referred To Independent Planning Commission

November 14, 2018 2019-03-14T08:34:57 by 2 Comments

Gunnedah Solar Farm

A major solar farm proposed for the Gunnedah area in New South Wales has been referred to the IPC as a result of the number of objections lodged.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

Punters Surprised: Prices Publicised Show Batteries Subsidised Cost More Than Surmised

November 9, 2018 2018-11-09T11:31:26 by 32 Comments
sonnen battery prices

Prices Sonnen Has Published Show Their SA Subsidised Batteries Of Any Size Ain’t Cheap!

In what could have been good news, Sonnen’s Australian website now gives prices for home battery systems bought directly from them after the South Australian battery subsidy is applied.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Battery Storage

How Virtual Power Plants Can Improve Battery Payback

November 8, 2018 2020-01-16T16:28:22 by 24 Comments
Virtual Power Plants and solar battery systems

Virtual Power Plants: What Are They And Can They Make Batteries Pay?

I’m really excited to have this opportunity to tell you about Virtual Power Plants.  I’m virtually beside myself with excitement.  That’s not just a horrible joke.  I’ve actually written little bits of this post in a variety of houses and used t’internet to store each file in the cloud.  Once I’m done pasting them all together I’m sure you won’t be able to tell the difference between this and an article that was centrally generated. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Battery Storage

Solar Power For New Sydney Fish Markets

November 7, 2018 2018-11-07T06:46:15 by Leave a Comment
New Sydney Fish Markets

Image: UrbanGrowth NSW

The new Sydney Fish Market will include solar panels – but it won’t be a straightforward installation given the “fish-scale” roof design. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News

Go-Ahead Given For Vales Point Solar Farm

November 5, 2018 2024-08-06T13:36:38 by Leave a Comment
Vales Point solar project

Vales Point Power Station | Image: Public Domain

The New South Wales Department of Planning & Environment has approved an application for a large-scale solar farm at the site of the coal-fired clunker, Vales Point Power Station. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General Solar & Storage News
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