{"id":56968,"date":"2021-12-14T05:24:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T18:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=56968"},"modified":"2021-12-14T05:24:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T18:54:35","slug":"australian-solar-sqtv11-mb2272","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australian-solar-sqtv11-mb2272\/","title":{"rendered":"The Australian-Made Solar Edition &#8211; SolarQuotes TV Episode 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Discover Australian-Made Solar Technologies Taking On The World - And Winning\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IK1w-hS_Uf0?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>In this episode of SolarQuotes TV, it&#8217;s all about Australian-made. 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Finn discusses the team&#8217;s incredible record of achievements, including Professor Green&#8217;s invention of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/perc-solar-panel\/\">PERC solar cell<\/a> that is used in around 90% of panels available around the world today.<\/p>\n<h2>Tindo Solar&#8217;s New Adelaide Panel Factory<\/h2>\n<p>02:11 &#8211; Finn chats with Tindo Solar&#8217;s Glenn Morelli about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tindo-solar-factory-mb2143\/\">new Tindo factory<\/a> in Adelaide, which will have treble the production capacity of the old facility. We get to peek inside the new premises, which is decked out with some very impressive gear. 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If you haven&#8217;t heard of the company or inverter before, it&#8217;s because it doesn&#8217;t have a great marketing push behind it.<\/p>\n<p>David Bruce from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installer-review\/essential-solar\/\">Essential Solar<\/a> explains why the Eclipse is his company&#8217;s inverter of choice for many of its installations.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been installing this inverter now for about three years, and up until now we haven&#8217;t had a single product failure &#8211; which is quite remarkable.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can also read a detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/mil-solar-eclipse-inverter\/\">MIL-Solar Eclipse inverter review<\/a> from Ronald published early last year and check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/inverters\/mil-solar-review.html\">Eclipse reviews<\/a> from Australian customers.<\/p>\n<h2>5B Maverick &#8211; Unfolding Solar Arrays<\/h2>\n<p>11:44 &#8211; Maverick is the flagship product of Sydney company 5B that has attracted a lot of attention, locally and overseas. 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We could see a much, much larger installation in the future as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sun-cable-5b-solar-mb1185\/\">5B Maverick was selected<\/a> as the preferred technology for Sun Cable\u2019s proposed 10GW PV project in the Northern Territory.<\/p>\n<h2>Ned&#8217;s Review &#8211; PowerPlus Energy Batteries<\/h2>\n<p>14:05 &#8211; Established in 2017, PowerPlus Energy develops battery storage for commercial and residential applications; with all its products assembled here in Australia at its facility in Melbourne. Ned checks out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/reviews\/powerplus-energy-review.html\"> PowerPlus Energy battery review<\/a> submitted to SolarQuotes a while back from a very pleased customer &#8211; and follows up to see how things are going.<\/p>\n<h2>Advanced System Monitoring With Solar Analytics<\/h2>\n<p>15:53 &#8211; With most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/inverters\/\">solar inverters<\/a> incorporating basic monitoring features, Finn is often asked if there&#8217;s any value in forking out for SolarAnalytics; an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/good-solar-guide\/monitoring-systems\/\">advanced solar monitoring<\/a> software\/hardware solution developed in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Finn provides several reasons why it can be a very good investment &#8211; and provides a real-life example of how SolarAnalytics helped avoid what could have been a potentially nasty situation.<\/p>\n<h2>Australian Vs. 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