{"id":89086,"date":"2025-01-27T08:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T22:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=89086"},"modified":"2025-01-24T16:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T06:40:06","slug":"introducing-solarquotes-editor-max-opray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/introducing-solarquotes-editor-max-opray\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing SolarQuotes Editor Max Opray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bio-photo-frame.jpg\" alt=\"A stylized depiction of a man with spectacles\" width=\"1200\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bio-photo-frame.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bio-photo-frame-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bio-photo-frame-1024x533.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bio-photo-frame-768x400.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hello folks,<\/p>\n<p>My name is Max Opray, and I\u2019ve just started in the new role of SolarQuotes editor. For over a decade I\u2019ve been covering green energy as a journalist, and I\u2019m thrilled to be enlisting with an organisation that has played such a key role in Australia&#8217;s solar revolution.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Across my career, I\u2019ve reported on everything from how to phase out gas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themonthly.com.au\/the-answers\/could-we-cut-carbon-emissions-quickly-we-saved-ozone-layer\">the same way we cut CFCs<\/a>, to the homes with batteries hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sustainable-business\/2017\/may\/15\/blackout-parties-how-solar-and-storage-made-wa-farmers-the-most-popular-in-town\">\u201cblackout parties\u201d in country Australia<\/a>, to why home electrification doesn&#8217;t mean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.com.au\/factcheck\/angus-taylors-bbq-ban-claim-hits-a-snag\/\">banning the barbeque<\/a>, to the best ways to eliminate <a href=\"https:\/\/maxoprayclimactic.substack.com\/p\/a-climate-crisis-of-confidence\">your sense of climate doom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My appointment is part of a push by SolarQuotes to expand coverage to all things home electrification. As feed-in rates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-solar-tariff-2526-mb3093\/\">continue to fall<\/a>, self-consumption is more important than ever to getting value out of rooftop solar, and we&#8217;ll be detailing how readers can soak up all that sun and use it to eliminate their gas and petrol bills entirely.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a goal that resonates with me as I\u2019m personally on something of a similar trajectory. After buying my first solar-appropriate home last year I went to SolarQuotes to get connected to three vetted installers in Adelaide, and opted in the end for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installer-review\/dq-electrical-pty-ltd\/\">DQ Electrical<\/a>, who did a terrific job setting up my northwest-facing 10.4kW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rec-review.html\">REC solar panel system<\/a> (which has worked hand-in-glove with my Nissan Leaf EV to cut our electricity and transport expenses down nearly to zero).<\/p>\n<p>All that\u2019s left is my gas bill from hot water and cooking, so heat pumps and induction cooktops are next on the agenda. 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