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There are numerous reasons to look at solar including the environmental benefit. In many cases, it is good old fashioned self interest that wins the day. And solar certainly ticks the box for being a sound return on investment, often with a payback period of just 5 to 6 years for households or business. Here’s [...]
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From the Daily Telegraph By Nhada Larkin National Features January 23, 2012 LOWER government subsidies may be causing people to hesitate about investing in solar power, but energy groups say with summer electricity bills likely to cause some nasty shocks, solar is still a smart purchase. Australian Solar Energy Society chief executive John Grimes says [...]
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An investment in solar is a large purchase, and there are many decisions to make, including: – is solar right for you? (our own guide here) – who to buy a system from – the choice of panels – the choice of inverter LJW has been installing solar since 1982, and proudly recommends Suntech panels. [...]
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It is a common question, that people are unsure if their solar system is performing as it should. They have access to some data from the inverter’s LCD display but may not know how to interpret and analyse this information. So, here is a quick guide. The output of a system is proportionate to its [...]
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“The growth of solar power was one of the stories of 2011 following a record year in 2010, when 380 MW of solar power was installed. As at the end of August 2011, 1031 MW of solar power was installed across the country, representing more than half a million household systems. This is more than [...]
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NSW has seen a variety of different schemes for solar tariffs over the last 3-4 years: – We had a net feed in tariff until the end of 20009 – We had a gross feed in tariff of 60c until 27th Oct 2010 – We had a 20c feed in tariff until April 2011 – [...]
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We are often called by home owners about systems that are not working… systems that they have purchased from someone else just 1 or 2 years ago, and that have either stopped working, or are failing to live up to expectations. In many cases, the company that sold them the system has gone out of [...]
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The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has released a comprehensive review of the future of electricity prices across Australia. You can see that report HERE Why does this matter to you? You can reduce the impact of the price rises by generating your own electricity and using that. This reduces your demand on the grid, [...]
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BP Solar have played an interesting role… for a long time they were Australia’s only manufacturer of solar panels. Then a few years ago they exited that and sold their Homebush (Sydney) operations to Silex. Silex then took over the title of Australia’s only solar manufacturer, but have since restructured and become an importer. BP [...]
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This article shows that projects are starting to become viable due to the falling price of solar panels and the rising price of power. In deals like this, the system owner needs to negotiate their own power purchasing agreement – which is often a wholesale price. Macadamia farmer plans on installing solar farm By Miranda [...]
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