Solar Power Blog » Finn Peacock http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene Sun, 19 May 2013 03:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Aurora Inverters sold to Swiss giant for a cool $1Billion. SMA should be worried… http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/aurora-inverters-sold-to-swiss-giant-for-a-cool-1billion/ http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/aurora-inverters-sold-to-swiss-giant-for-a-cool-1billion/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:10:47 +0000 Finn Peacock http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/?p=2434 I’m a big fan of Aurora inverters. These thoroughbred Italian inverters are manufactured by a company called Power-One and are the second best selling inverters on the planet. (The best selling are SMA in case you didn’t know) So news of Power-One being sold, lock, stock and barrel to Swiss engineering conglomerate ABB, made me [...]

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]]> http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/aurora-inverters-sold-to-swiss-giant-for-a-cool-1billion/feed/ 2 Latest Trina Solar Panels Review Predicts Great Performance in Hot Aussie Conditions http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/latest-trina-solar-panels-review-predicts-great-performance-in-hot-aussie-conditions/ http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/latest-trina-solar-panels-review-predicts-great-performance-in-hot-aussie-conditions/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:09:37 +0000 Finn Peacock http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/?p=2395 If you are thinking of buying Trina solar panels –  reviews that you can trust are critical to helping you in your research. After all, unless you are an uber solar geek like me you probably have never heard of the Trina brand before (they are one of the biggest solar panel manufacturers on the [...]

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]]> http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/latest-trina-solar-panels-review-predicts-great-performance-in-hot-aussie-conditions/feed/ 13 Grand Designs + Solar Panels = Epic Fail http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/grand-designs-solar-panels-epic-fail/ http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/grand-designs-solar-panels-epic-fail/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:14:51 +0000 Finn Peacock http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/?p=2337 Today’s top solar tip: Please don’t look to Kevin McCloud or Grand Designs for advice on solar power! Now don’t get me wrong, I love Kevin McCloud, he seems like a top bloke. And Grand Designs is one of the few things I actually watch occasionally on the gogglebox. But they really need to do [...]

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]]> http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/grand-designs-solar-panels-epic-fail/feed/ 20 Bosch Solar : RIP your panels were awesome http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/bosch-solar-rip-your-panels-were-awesome/ http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/bosch-solar-rip-your-panels-were-awesome/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:33:36 +0000 Finn Peacock http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/?p=2356 Yesterday was a really sad day for fans of top-of-the-range solar panels. German giant Bosch announced that it could no longer bear to haemorrhage any more cash from its solar division. So it is going to shut the whole shebang down ASAP. Nigel at Solar Business has a full report on it here. And the [...]

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]]> http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/bosch-solar-rip-your-panels-were-awesome/feed/ 7 Can Cheap Solar Panels Get Any Cheaper? Hell Yeah! http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/can-solar-panels-get-any-cheaper-hell-yeah/ http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/can-solar-panels-get-any-cheaper-hell-yeah/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:53:32 +0000 Finn Peacock http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/?p=2284 Many solar commentators are predicting the end of cheap solar panels. The price of solar panels has fallen by around 80% in the last 5 years.  In 2009 the wholesale cost of a solar panel was about $4 per Watt. Which made a 200W solar panel cost $800. Today ( March 2013) you can get [...]

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]]> http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/can-solar-panels-get-any-cheaper-hell-yeah/feed/ 0 Your Solar Panel Warranty : What you need to know http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/your-solar-panel-warranty-what-you-need-to-know/ http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/your-solar-panel-warranty-what-you-need-to-know/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:27:30 +0000 Finn Peacock http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/?p=2260 One of the most important things you have to watch out for when buying solar is the warranties that are offered. All too often people end up going with a cowboy firm because they have been reassured by their “25 year solar panel warranty”. What many people don’t realise is that, in reality, this warranty [...]

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]]> http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/your-solar-panel-warranty-what-you-need-to-know/feed/ 2 The 5 Golden Rules For Choosing A Solar Installer http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/the-5-golden-rules-for-choosing-a-solar-installer/ http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/the-5-golden-rules-for-choosing-a-solar-installer/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:51:25 +0000 Finn Peacock http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/?p=2223 Over the last four years, I’ve written thousands of words and made hours of videos answering the question: “Finn – there are hundreds of solar companies out there – they all claim that “they are the best and everyone else is second rate or worse”! How do I choose a good, honest, solar installer that [...]

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]]> http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/the-5-golden-rules-for-choosing-a-solar-installer/feed/ 1 How To Choose A Good Solar Inverter http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/how-to-choose-a-good-solar-inverter/ http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/how-to-choose-a-good-solar-inverter/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:35:21 +0000 Finn Peacock http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/?p=2169 How do you choose a good solar inverter? It’s a really important question. If you choose a bad inverter, it may turn out to be noisy, inefficient and unreliable. If you have a look at the inverter reviews that are coming in to SQ, some inverters appear to have an awful failure rate. For example [...]

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]]> http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/was-the-lorax-a-solar-power-fan/feed/ 0 Be Careful When Calculating Solar Panel Efficiency http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/be-careful-when-calculating-solar-panel-efficiency/ http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/be-careful-when-calculating-solar-panel-efficiency/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:34:51 +0000 Finn Peacock http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/?p=2121 One from the mailbag today that is bound to please fellow solar nerds: From Andrew in Cairns who has just had his system installed: Finn, I Finally got my 5KW system installed.   I have a question for you if I may: If power output is calculated as: Area of solar panels x solar panel [...]

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