While Labor banked on battery incentives, on the eve of the election the Coalition announced plans for cuts to a range of home electrification programs. Here’s what was facing the axe.
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Shade Happens: When Autumn Shadows Creep Across Your Solar
As we get deeper into autumn, the days are growing short and the shadows are growing longer — which is bad news for your solar if a massive palm tree happens to be positioned in the wrong spot. Here’s how an array set up in one season can be set up to fail for another.
[Continue reading…]Solar Buyers Win Big While Manufacturers Count Losses
Polysilicon used in the production of solar panels is still as cheap as chips and module prices remain incredibly low. That’s great news for solar buyers, not so good for manufacturers.
[Continue reading…]AEVA Calls For “Right To Charge” EV Legislation
Owners corporations and bodies corporate preventing the installation and use of EV charging equipment in strata developments will hold back electric vehicle uptake in Australia says the AEVA.
[Continue reading…]Jemena Readies For Rooftop Solar Surge With Community Batteries
Victorian Distributed Network Service Provider Jemena has taken the wraps off two new community batteries in Melbourne that will help support more solar installations in the suburbs where they’ve been installed.
[Continue reading…]Fact Check: Actually, We Can Heat Homes Just Fine Without ‘Efficient’ Gas
The “Australians for Natural Gas” group has today been reported to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for allegedly misleading claims. I’ve looked into this group and found it is spreading a number of false messages on social media, including that gas is an “efficient” source of power and that Australians would struggle to […]
[Continue reading…]New Twist In “Embarrassing” QLD EV Charger Saga
An EV charger rollout on Queensland’s Capricorn Coast halted for …odd… reasons is back in play, but now the supplier has reportedly bailed and time is running out to get the job done.
[Continue reading…]Phase Shift: The Business Advice I Ignore (And Why You Benefit)
Every now and then, someone asks: How does SolarQuotes make money? Fair question. We run a popular site, send thousands of referrals a month, and have a reputation for helping people avoid the dodgy end of the solar market.
[Continue reading…]Wiring Wrangles: How Power And Data Make Electricians Bicker
SolarQuotes recently detailed the fairly difficult installation of a home EV charger and sure enough, the electricians turned up in the comments section to start arguing about it. Read on while we explain that you don’t always have to put data cable in its own pipe.
[Continue reading…]Misleading Home Battery Rebate Ads Flooding Facebook
It didn’t take long for over-enthusiastic marketers and dodgy players to start distorting the nature of Labor’s proposed federal government battery rebate scheme in their advertising.
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