The government’s Solar Sharer Offer will make free electricity available for three or more hours around midday.
I’ve heard this called a dumb policy that won’t lower costs because it will just shift them around, causing people to pay more at other times and in other ways to make up for what they get for free. But this isn’t true!
Australian solar cell innovator SunDrive has been given another helping hand by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support the firm bringing its home-grown tech to market. [Read more…]
Is everything in the solar industry now an all-in-one stackable system? It seems that’s where everyone is headed, because they’re fast to install and that means installers like selling them. Stackable systems were climbing the walls at the recent All Energy Australia conference, which is often a glimpse at the next big trends in home energy.
You’re likely sick of the headlines by now: “Three hours of free power for everyone!”
Most readers of those headlines will assume three free hours of energy are about to land in their current plan, like magic. They won’t. Instead, it looks like the plan is to force each retailer to offer at least one “free-hours” plan among all their others.
Electricity retailers will soon be required by the federal government to offer free electricity to households for at least three hours a day under what’s been dubbed the Solar Sharer Offer (SSO). [Read more…]
The growth in renewables including rooftop solar — and energy storage — continue to put downward pressure on wholesale electricity prices; even as the shift to electrification accelerates. Whether/when we’ll see that flow on to household electricity bills and by how much is another matter. [Read more…]
PV Industries’ new solar panel recycling facility at Bankstown Airport officially opened this week, supported by funding from the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA). [Read more…]
Australia’s top solar installers have been recognised at the inaugural SolarQuotes Awards event at the Showtime Events Centre in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Electrical conduits are the tubes used to protect and route wiring. Get them wrong and you’ll make roof spaces even more unsafe than they already are.
So what does good conduit work look like? Read on while we peek above the manhole.
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Solar and batteries are great. But they’re not a get-out-of-jail card for bad houses.
Today I saw someone ask online:
“Should I spend $20k on double glazing or $20k on solar + battery and run the air-con 24/7 when necessary?”
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