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Solar Panels On A Flat Roof? Consider East-West Tilts

November 22, 2021 2021-11-22T22:52:02 by 20 Comments
Solar panels on a flat root - tilts

To maximise the solar energy generated over a year, the perfect roof to install solar panels on in Australia is large, north-facing and inclined at an angle close to the location’s latitude. Panels mounted parallel to this perfect roof will be optimised for annual energy yield, and in most parts of Australia, should seldom need […]

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Tom’s Solar, Battery And EV Tech Struggle – Can You Help?

November 22, 2021 2024-07-05T15:46:51 by 39 Comments
Tom's solar power tech tussle

Meet Tom, a solar tech tinkerer who’s had a heck of a time getting his solar system’s inverter, home battery, EV charger and other related gear to play nice with each other.

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Shoalhaven Solar Farm Nears Prime Time

November 22, 2021 2021-11-22T06:54:23 by Leave a Comment
Shoalhaven solar farm

It won’t be long before a community-driven solar farm project on the New South Wales South Coast will be helping to power buildings in Sydney.

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Ned’s Mini Electric Review

November 22, 2021 2022-04-22T17:05:47 by 1 Comment
Ned's electric mini review

SolarQuotes reviews ninja Ned’s test drive of the Mini Electric Cooper SE tempts him to cross over to the dark side and earns a rebuke from Finn. Find out what happened.

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EV Chargers: Single-Phase Vs. Three-Phase

November 19, 2021 2024-04-10T12:38:06 by 17 Comments
Single phase or three phase for electric car charging

SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock answers a common electric car charging question: single-phase vs. three-phase chargers – which are better?

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Cities Power Partnership 2021 Climate Awards Winners Announced

November 18, 2021 2021-11-18T07:20:09 by Leave a Comment
Cities Power Partnership 2021 Awards

Australia’s largest local government climate network recognised outstanding council-led initiatives from across the country yesterday in the fourth annual Cities Power Partnership Climate Awards.

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Autonomous Electric Vehicles Trialled At Solar Farm Construction Site

November 18, 2021 2021-11-18T05:34:18 by Leave a Comment
Battery electric Honda AWV

Honda has been putting prototype autonomous battery electric vehicles through their paces at the site of what will be a 120MW solar farm in the US state of New Mexico.

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City Of Newcastle Celebrating Solar Energy Success

November 17, 2021 2021-11-17T07:08:08 by 2 Comments
City of Newcastle - solar energy

City Of Newcastle’s solar farm started cranking clean electricity two years ago, and Council has continued to install panels across its assets since.

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EV Charging Chat With Chargefox’s Evan B.

November 17, 2021 2024-05-15T14:09:37 by Leave a Comment
Electric cars - AC and DC chargers

Evan Beaver from Chargefox shows us his home EV charger setup and discusses differences in electric car charging.

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Chevron Australia Buying Offsets For CCS Fail

November 16, 2021 2022-07-18T17:07:07 by 2 Comments
carbon capture and storage fail

Chevron Australia’s Gorgon carbon capture and storage (CCS) project wasn’t – and probably still isn’t – living up to expectations.

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