There have been several fire incidents in New South Wales in the last week or so involving solar power systems – and at least two are thought to have been caused by rooftop isolator switches. [Read more…]
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Solar Export Limiting — What It Is & Why It’s Useful
Many Australian homes are not allowed to export more than 5 kW to the grid. If they want a big solar system with an inverter larger than 5 kW, they must ‘export limit’ the inverter. Here’s what that means. [Read more…]
AEMC: Electricity Prices To Continue To Fall
In what’s been a rather dark year, it’s always nice to have a bit of good news. Electricity costs look set to continue to fall for many Australian households over the next couple of years, but their mileage will vary. [Read more…]
Solar Power And Biogas Hub Launched In Adelaide’s South
The finishing touches are being put on South Australia’s first solar farm built on a covered landfill, situated in Adelaide’s south. [Read more…]
Renewables Now 60% Of South Australian Electricity Generation
The 21st century has brought radical change to South Australian electricity generation. Eighteen years ago SA had the least renewable energy in the country thanks to hydroelectricity being a tough sell in a location as dry as a Sao biscuit and twice as flat. [Read more…]
LAVO’s Australian Made Hydrogen Battery: Incredible Engineering. Tough Sell.
The LAVO hydrogen battery is a feat of engineering -but who will buy it?
If all you’ve ever wanted out of life is to own an Australian made, hydrogen-powered, fuel cell, energy storage system then I have some really good news for you. In October, Australian company LAVO launched a hydrogen energy storage system for homes and businesses. While it’s mainly a fuel cell, they refer to it as a hydrogen battery, so if you want to call it a battery knock yourself out. [Read more…]
Huge Solar Panel Installation For Chadstone Shopping Centre
Vicinity Centres’ Chadstone Shopping Centre in Victoria will have thousands of solar panels installed next year, which will also provide shade for shoppers’ vehicles. [Read more…]
Tamworth Solar Farm Gets Development Consent
The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment has given a conditional thumbs-up for a large scale solar power and battery storage project approximately 25 kilometres west of Tamworth. [Read more…]
Why Your Solar Feed-In Tariff Is Lower Than Your Electricity Usage Tariff
To understand why solar feed-in tariffs are comparatively low, you need to understand how your electricity bill sausage is made. Image credit
In this article, I am going to take a typical electricity bill and break it down into its components.
I told Finn I was doing this for two sensible reasons:
- To let people know where their electricity dollar goes.
- To show where solar feed-in tariffs come from and why they are significantly less than electricity’s retail price.
But the main reason is I hate electricity bills and enjoy breaking them into pieces. [Read more…]
Solar Energy’s Role In A More Sustainable Wollongong
The next steps towards a sustainable Wollongong have been taken with the adoption of two strategic documents by City of Wollongong council last week. [Read more…]
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