In a meeting on Tuesday, Sydney’s City of Ryde gave the nod to investigating the potential of substantially amping up its use of renewable energy sources. [Read more…]
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Is Labor’s $2,000 Battery Subsidy A Waste Of Money?
On Wednesday shadow Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, gave some details on the plans for energy Labor will throw into motion if they win the next election. According to all the little people inside my TV, this election will occur within 6 months but it may be almost a year away. [Read more…]
Why Spending $100m On Coal To Hydrogen Project Is Stupid
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…]
Help! I Bought Solar But My Bills Are Still High
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…]
Tasmania Solar Feed-In Tariff Review Completed
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…]
Plan To Make Export And Burning Of Thermal Coal Illegal In Australia
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…]
SolarQuotes’ Finn Peacock On ABC Radio’s 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…]
Gunnedah Solar Farm Referred To Independent Planning Commission
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…]
Punters Surprised: Prices Publicised Show Batteries Subsidised Cost More Than Surmised
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…]
How Virtual Power Plants Can Improve Battery Payback
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…]
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