For years, solar owners had it easy. You looked for the highest solar feed-in tariff. You checked the usage rate and the daily charge were not silly. You picked the winning tariff and moved on.
That world is gone.
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The Feed-In Tariff Is Dead. Long Live the Feed-In Tariff.
Solar Panel Degradation Testing: A Sting In The Long Tail
Current testing standards have been called into question after new research indicating 20% of solar panels tested in a study had 1.5 times worse than average degradation rate. [Read more…]
Don’t Let Summer Cook Your Home Battery
With huge numbers of new home batteries sweating through their first Australian summer, temperature has risen to be an issue worth investigating.
Are there some simple solutions to keeping your solar battery and inverter cool? Read on for answers.
Australian Consumer Alert: Portable Air Conditioner Scams
Ads for cheap(ish) so-called “air conditioners” that look a little like small reverse cycle split system head units have been popping up all over the web. Save your money and your time — they won’t work as advertised for a very simple reason, and may pose fire safety risks. [Read more…]
How Hail-Resistant Are Solar Panels Really?
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While all solar panels installed on homes in Australia have basic hailstone resistance attributes, some manufacturers take it a step further to provide a bit of extra peace of mind and a competitive edge. But we see some hail storms here that no panel could be expected to survive. [Read more…]
Rewiring Australia’s Call For “EELS” Home Battery Loans
Home batteries are now much cheaper under Australia’s rebate, but getting together the up-front cash necessary to buy a system will still be a struggle for some who want one. Rewiring Australia says government-backed loans are key to unlocking battery benefits for more Australian households. [Read more…]
Delta’s Power Pole Mounted EV Charger Hits Prime Time
Delta Electronics has announced it has begun rolling out the RapidPost 50; what the firm says is Australia’s first 50kW DC EV charger that can be directly mounted onto street power poles. [Read more…]
Green Light For Ausgrid Community Power Network Trial
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has granted New South Wales electricity distributor Ausgrid a controversial trial waiver so it can experiment with the co-ordination of community batteries and private solar power installations within part of its networks. [Read more…]
Is Enphase On A Highway To Hell, Or Back In Black?
I went to the AC/DC PWR UP! gig in Adelaide last weekend. There are two ways to look at that show.
Australia’s Solar Sunshot Initiative: Return Of The Sun King
Dr. Zhengrong Shi’s Sunman Group has been conditionally granted a bundle of bucks to set up a solar panel manufacturing facility in New South Wales. [Read more…]
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