If someone casually asks me how much solar they should install, I may simply tell them they should fill their roof with as much capacity as they reasonably can. But after learning the details, I often recommend installing as close to 6.66 kilowatts as possible.
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Did the high level of interest in advanced solar power system monitoring we saw in April continue in May? Find out in our latest Australian Solar Systems Interest Index (auSSII) report.
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New South Wales’ Inner West Council announced yesterday it is the first council in the state to be totally divested from fossil fuels.
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Queensland’s Isaac Regional Council has given the green light for investigating the potential of using floating solar power system installations on its water assets.
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SIMEC Energy Australia has inked the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Cultana Solar Farm project in South Australia – but it’s not with an Australian company.
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Episode 18 sees Finn and Ronald discussing the ABC’s recent 7.30 report on solar in Australia, new features on SolarQuotes’ installer reviews pages, inverter torture testing results and more.
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A while back a reader asked me for a post on rooftop solar vs. Green Power. Or, if you spell as badly as a government national program — GreenPower. So here it is:
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Sunpower’s recent launch of the Maxeon range of PV panels has caught customers and installers in the Top End in a bit of a bind: the Maxeons replace the venerable but popular E-Series panels, but they haven’t yet obtained the rating needed to get approval in cyclone areas such as Darwin (or for that matter […]
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Britain has gone 16 days without using coal power for electricity generation – and according to the latest update, the coal-free run isn’t over yet.
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The planning, design and tender process will soon get under way for Byron Shire Council’s 5MW solar farm, which will be the largest PV power plant in the region.
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