This weekend (11/12 March), a big EV show is happening at the ICC in Darling Harbour, Sydney. It’s called Fully Charged Live and is run by the Fully Charged YouTube channel, which is about to hit a million subscribers and does a great job of getting people excited about electric cars and clean energy. [Read more…]
Sungrow is either the largest or second-largest solar inverter manufacturer in the world. They’re duking it out with Huawei, and it isn’t clear who’s winning. [Read more…]
An Australian Energy Regulator draft decision setting the scene for electricity prices in several states should be published very soon. And the news isn’t likely to be good. [Read more…]
Fronius for the win!
Not everyone in Australia is engaged with SolarQuotes and the gongs we hand out. But for Fronius to win our top spot for the third year in a row with nigh on half of all votes cast is something that can’t be ignored. [Read more…]
Another 126 solar panels have been racked up on a council building in The Hills Shire in New South Wales. [Read more…]
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is stumping up funds for a trial involving controlling hot water loads to take advantage of cheap surplus solar energy. [Read more…]
Pricing for fully installed home solar power systems remained above the $1 per watt mark on average in January 2023 in each Australian state. [Read more…]
Image: Midjourney “bearded man drowning in a sea of warranty documents”
Trina Solar: A Company That Acts Better Than Its Warranties Require
Trina Solar is a giant Chinese company and, in 2022 was the world’s second-largest producer of solar panels. Their products are among the most common electricity-producing rectangles on Australian roofs. [Read more…]
I don’t know about homo erectus but homo sapiens is being asked to lift a panel that’s 2.4 metres tall. These images aren’t much out of scale!
After what seems like days of research and consultation with hundreds of members of the Australian solar industry (more than I can sensibly count on my fingers anyway), I’ve come up with a wish-list of what installers want when it comes to the solar panels they are bolting to roofs: [Read more…]
This solar and battery installation was the stuff of sparkie nightmares, and occupants of the Sydney home were very lucky to avoid an even greater tragedy. [Read more…]
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