Is there going to be a solar trade war between China and Europe? Will it push solar panel prices sky high?
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Australia’s solar sector from a German perspective
Wunderbar! All those solar naysayers may want to have a look at the German experiment with Feed In Tariffs, where wholesale electricity prices have been hugely reduced by solar panel installations and on a good day 46% of german household electricity needs can be met by solar. (Oh and did I mention their economy is the envy of the world?)
[Continue reading…]Solar Flagships set to sail in country NSW but will it survive?
A happy story about successful negotiations between AGL and a farmer near Broken Hill under the Solar Flagships Program. However it soon gets depressing as Rich asks the question if the Program will survive under a change of government.
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Subsidising solar development for polluters
Bluescope steel, who have lobbied hard against the carbon tax are now asking for government funding to help develop solar powered roofs… Can anyone spot the irony?
[Continue reading…]Queensland’s feed-in tariff: playing politics with solar?
As was widely expected, the new QLD government finally axed their generous Feed In Tariff last week. Here’s what Rich Bowden makes of it all..
[Continue reading…]Samil Power Inverters: The Hyundai of the Solar Industry?
The latest Photon Magazine (solar industry bible) reckons Samil Power Inverters are the Hyundai of the solar Industry. That got me thinking…. what about the other inverter brands?
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Solar brings down electricity prices says report
Who would have thought? When you actually look at the data, solar power’s net effect on wholesale electricity prices has been to reduce them! So how come your bills are going up not down? FInd out here…
[Continue reading…]Solar intermittency can be managed: CSIRO report
The CSIRO have use good old-fashioned science to show that solar power can be used as base load power. But will that be enough to convince the anti solar mob who rely on hearsay and anecdotes?
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