{"id":28462,"date":"2019-03-06T17:28:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T06:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=28462"},"modified":"2019-03-06T18:43:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T08:13:36","slug":"solarquotes-vodcast-ep6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-vodcast-ep6\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode #6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"SolarQuotes Vodcast #6 - 1\/3\/19\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dsmu_pXnSUQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Join Ronald and I from the\u00a0SolarQuotes office in Adelaide CBD where we discuss the previous week&#8217;s happenings on the blog:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click on the timestamp to go direct to that bit of the video&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Tesla Model 3 For $54,000 Aussie Dollars?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dsmu_pXnSUQ&amp;t=20s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0:20<\/a> &#8211; Covering some breaking news items, Ronald and I discuss Tesla&#8217;s $35,000 (USD) Model 3 announcement. I reveal I&#8217;ve put a deposit down. Ronald asks me if he can borrow it.<\/p>\n<p>We also discuss the Liberal party jumping on board the Hydrogen wagon (or was it &#8216;airship&#8217;?)<\/p>\n<h2>Jinko Shipped The Most Solar Panels in 2018<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dsmu_pXnSUQ&amp;t=180s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3:00<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-shipment-rankings-mb0948\/\">Jinko Solar Ruled The Roost For Solar Panel Shipments In 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn who the top 10 solar panel manufacturers were in 2018, and how much of the market they have. We also discuss the comeback of Chinese solar panel companies giving themselves German names. It like 2010 all over again!<\/p>\n<h2>Solar Farm &amp; Storage Compared To Coal Power<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dsmu_pXnSUQ&amp;t=311s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5:11<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunshine-energy-solar-stoush-mb0950\/?fbclid=IwAR3b1bVGSkAo7HH_hHQPvFScatAo3g5cNuAlA0CTiH7E3i-q3XINlzyO0bc\">Not All Sunshine For QLD 1,500MW Solar + 500MW Storage Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We talk about complaints over solar farms. Ronald compares the area requirements for a 1,500MW solar farm with the equivalent coal mine and power station.<\/p>\n<h2>ScoMo&#8217;s Climate &#8216;Solution&#8217;. 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Surprise!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dsmu_pXnSUQ&amp;t=672s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11:12<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-electricity-bill-study-mb0953\/\">Another Study Confirms Solar\u2019s Popularity Among Australia\u2019s Battlers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this &#8216;stating the bleeding obvious&#8217; segment we cover a study that confirms that poorer people are keener to lower their bills with solar panels than rich people.<\/p>\n<h2>US Senators Get The Willies About Huawei<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dsmu_pXnSUQ&amp;t=761s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12:41<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/huawei-solar-inverter-ban-mb0954\/\">U.S. Senators Fear Huawei Solar Inverters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where I hypothesise this scare is all Ronald&#8217;s fault, after he wrote about this a year ago, not realising that Americans don&#8217;t posses the irony gene.<\/p>\n<h2>New Battery Tech!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dsmu_pXnSUQ&amp;t=888s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14:48<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/gelion-endure-battery-mb0957\/\">Gelion Endure \u2013 A Non-Flow Zinc Bromine Battery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We dig into what the hell this battery is and express scepticism that it is the next &#8216;Lithium Ion Killer&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h2>Best &amp; Worst Reviews This Week<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dsmu_pXnSUQ&amp;t=991s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16:31<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0The rotten tomatoes go to the now defunct retailer, Energy Matters. 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