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Is it worth getting solar if your network distributor – the company who owns the poles and lines in your region – limits how much solar power you can export back to the grid? The short answer is YES.  This

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  Keeping your solar panels clean and your solar power system maintained is worth doing to ensure it works as efficiently as possible. Like getting your car serviced or cleaning your gutters, it’s important to stick to a regular maintenance

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It’s a stunning fact that in just one and a half hours, the amount of the sun’s energy that reaches Earth is more than the world’s total yearly energy consumption. An equally mind-blowing stat is that only 2.4% of our

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  The term net zero is bandied around a lot at the moment. What does it mean? “Going net zero means removing as many emissions as we produce”, according to Friends of the Earth. In other words, our homes reach

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Electricity retailers are switching onto the fact that, increasingly, homes and businesses want their electricity to come from renewable energy sources. The demand for so-called green electricity is skyrocketing. Never slow to miss an opportunity, electricity retailers are responding with

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Australian homeowners’ enthusiasm for solar battery storage is resulting in double-digit growth in battery installations. Last year saw a 20 per cent increase in residential solar battery uptake.  The installation of 33,000 home batteries in Australia in 2020 was particularly

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Your solar system is meant to last 25-30 years – so getting the best warranties is vital. There are a lot of ‘smoke and mirrors’ in the solar world when it comes to warranties. This post demystifies the topic and

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Driving down the street, you’ll notice that solar systems being installed are much larger than five years ago.  Back then, a 3kW system (with around 12 panels) was all -the-go.  Virtually no-one had 10 kilowatts. But the appetite for ever-bigger

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For the first time in 10 years, the price of solar panels is rising.  What’s causing this trend and what can you do about it? To get to the nub of this question, it’s important to understand that around 80%

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From 1st of January 2022, the value of the Federal Government’s solar rebate will drop by 10 percent.  On a typical 10kW system, this means a price rise of between $460 and $630 depending on where you live in Australia.