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March 5 2012 – Several Adelaide Solar Companies Go Into Administration
We noted with interest several reports indicating that several Adelaide based solar power installation companies had been placed into Administration this year. Some of the reasons cited were failure by...
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Solar Power Return On Investment – Adelaide
The question of ‘Return on Investment’ or R.O.I. for solar power systems often comes up from Adelaide residents considering installing a solar panels system. How long will it take to recoup your...
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Considering Solar? Keep 30th September 2013 in Mind..
As mentioned on the Solar Power Adelaide – Unbiased Solar Information for Adelaide homepage, the South Australian Solar Feed in Scheme currently provides for a a feed in tariff rate of 16 cents/kWh...
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Adelaide Solar Panels Installation: Solar Inverters – Simplifying a Complex...
A typical solar inverter installed The solar inverter in a typical Adelaide residential solar installation is a key component of the system. As discussed in the solar panel trends article, in recent...
View ArticleUpdate – Suntech in Bankrupcy
25 March 2013 : As we discussed in the February 5 2013 post Chinese ’Big Name’ Solar Panel Manufacturers In Financial Strife ? the combination of the ‘global oversupply’ of solar panels coupled with...
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Micro-Inverter Solar Technology Update
As we discussed in the Solar Inverters – Simplifying a Complex Subject post, one of the key features of modern inverters used in solar panel systems around Adelaide is the M.P.P.T. or Maximum Power...
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Solar Panel Manufacture Shake-Out Continues
Following on from the troubles facing Chinese solar panels manufacturer Suntech we noted with interest that Bosch, the German multinational, has announced that it will be closing down its solar...
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Solar Adelaide – Rapid Solar Panel Uptake in Adelaide
4 April 2013 – With now over ten percent of households in Adelaide having solar panels systems installed, Adelaide is often referred to as ‘Solar Adelaide’ within the renewable energy Industry. We also...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Target To Stay?
There has been news released today that the Federal government Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has stated that the Renewable Energy Target (R.E.T.) will not be scrapped. The R.E.T. has been directly...
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Price Of Solar Could Rise If The Demise Of The R.E.T. Eventuates
As we have discussed previously, the current review of the Renewable Energy Target is being closely watch by the solar industry and significant ‘lobbying’ is already being seen by groups like the Solar...
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Adelaide Solar Outlook 2016
It has been an interesting year as far as the solar installation industry in Adelaide is concerned and the solar and renewable energy landscape Australia wide. The areas of change concerning the...
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Cost Of Solar Panels Installation – Creative Programs And Accessibility To Solar
It seems the ‘pendulum’ of Government support and endorsement for residential solar power systems is swinging back in favour of encouraging the uptake of solar. The Victorian Government announced...
View ArticleParis Climate Deal And Solar
14 December 2015. It is interesting to see a ‘deal’ has been agreed on at the U.N. climate change talks in Paris yesterday. The agreement sees 193 countries coming together to tackle climate change and...
View ArticleSolar Panels Becoming The Standard In New Homes?
27 December 2015. It is interesting to see several Adelaide home building companies now offering solar panels as part of their offering. Adelaide and South Australia have embraced solar installation...
View ArticleAdelaide Solar Update February 2016
The market for solar system installations in Adelaide in January and February (to date) 2016 has been fairly flat and the competition amongst solar installers in Adelaide remains very strong. The...
View ArticleAdelaide Solar Update March 2016
With a pending federal government election likely in the next few months we will be watching with considerable interest to see how the solar industry in Adelaide and Australia more generally will be...
View ArticleAdelaide Solar Update May 2016
As previously discussed, solar energy storage and in particular the growth in sophisticated solar battery storage units designed to work with residential solar systems remains the area of the solar...
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Solar Power Update June 2016
All eyes have been on the future direction of solar power and renewable energy as policies are rolled out in the forthcoming Federal election, which is just days away. How all this will impact the...
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Minimum Retailer Feed in Tariff – Update 12 August 2016
12 August 2016. ESCOSA yesterday released a draft proposal that recommends that the current 6.8c/kWh minimum solar feed in tariff would no longer be set from 1 January 2017. Their ‘reasoning’ behind...
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Adelaide Solar Panels Update – September / October 2016
Solar Battery Storage For Solar Panels Systems As we have previously discussed, the emergency of an efficient way of storing ‘excess’ solar energy produced by a solar panels systems has been the...
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