Short Answer: Yes. While the payback of solar in Perth is now longer, you can still own your Perth home faster with solar power than without — despite WA’s miserable feed-in tariff.
Longer answer: Read on… [Read more…]
Exclusive: Ronald Wakes Up With Elon Musk. Here’s What Happened Next
It’s 5:30 am and I’m sitting in SolarQuotes office waiting for Elon Musk’s big battery day announcement. This is pretty early for me, so it had better be good. I don’t normally come into the office until 5:45 am.
I have no idea what Elon’s going to say except it’ll be about batteries. [Read more…]
Revealed: How SA’s Grid Will Accommodate The Relentless Uptake Of Rooftop Solar
The famous, termite-proof South Australian Stobie Pole that holds SA’s distribution network off the ground.
The most interesting presentation at this year’s Smart Energy virtual conference was only 9 minutes long and by Future Networks engineer, Cathryn McDonald. [Read more…]
2020 Smart Energy Virtual Conference: A Review
I just flew back from a virtual conference and, boy, are my virtual arms tired. I attended the 2020 Smart Energy Conference and Exhibition by sitting at my desk — a huge improvement over hauling my arse and other body components to Melbourne as I normally do. [Read more…]
Does It Make Sense To Build Electric Cars In Australia?
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how ACE-EV plans to open a factory and produce tens of thousands of electric vehicles per year in Adelaide.
I’m hoping it will happen because I was impressed when I took their electric cargo van for a spin.
ANU Claims Hydrogen At $2-3 A KG By 2030 — I Say Not Bloody Likely
Hydrogen won’t be $2-3 per kilogram by 2030. It’ll be much cheaper!
Hydrogen is the car fuel of the future. Just not our future.
Feed-In Tariff For New Solar Slashed In Western Australia — Only 3 Cents Before 3 PM!
Update July 30th 2022: The 3 cent DEBs feed-in tariff was reduced to 2.5 cents on July 1st 2022. The 10 cent rate from 3 pm to 9 pm remains the same.
From yesterday (31 August 2020), new residential solar power systems installed in Western Australia will no longer receive the REBS or ‘Renewable Energy Buyback Scheme’ solar feed-in tariff of 7.135 cents per kilowatt-hour. Instead, it will receive the DEBS or ‘Distributed Energy Buyback Scheme’ that will instead pay: [Read more…]
Solar Victoria Runs Misleading Ads They Wouldn’t Accept From Installers
If there is one thing I hate, it’s dodgy solar installers who mislead the public with deceptive advertising and fake deals. It harms customers who are just looking for decent quality solar and it hurts honest installers by damaging the reputation of the entire industry. It really gets my goat, and I am extremely protective of my goat.
But when a state government engages in misleading ads it’s fine and I don’t mind at all. [Read more…]
Will ACE-EV Reboot The Australian Car Industry With A $40,000 Electric Van?
The ACE Cargo electric van will, fingers-crossed, be made in Adelaide and sell for about $40,000.
The future of road transport is electric. This is clear from the falling cost of batteries and crystal clear if you’ve ever gotten behind the wheel of an electric car that takes off like a rocket.
Northern Territory’s $6,000 Solar Battery Subsidy May Become $12,000
A battery shed near Alice Springs. Photo: Lloyd Peacock
The Northern Territory has the nation’s most generous solar battery subsidy: $6,000 off a battery system. It’s already the biggest battery subsidy in Australia by a long way, and if the Country Liberals win the NT election this month they will double it to an insane $12,000. And by insane, mean they’d be nuts to make it that high. [Read more…]
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