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South Australia's fire services have moved to correct a growing assumption about house fires at properties where solar power is installed.
Due to rising electricity prices and the current lack of a regulated feed-in tariff (in NSW), we are getting a lot of inquiries to 'get off the grid'.
A revolutionary product in the solar energy industry, designed for the general consumer who wants to gain energy independence from the grid electricity or use electricity obtained from renewable and ecologically-friendly sources.
Rainbow Power Company expands the region for solar panel installations.
Australia's clean energy peak body says the cost of supporting residential solar power is nothing in comparison to billions of dollars in network costs that are increasing the price of electricity in NSW.
The director for the Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of NSW, Mark Diesendorf, is quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald The costs of the scheme were dwarfed by the huge increase in electricity bills necessary to pay for new infrastructure.
Read the Sydney Morning Herald article.
A summary of funny and interesting findings by the Australian audit / inspection program
Consumers are advised to choose established solar installers using quality panels and inverters.
Run by the wonderful Karlin Bracegirdle, Living with Solar aims to demystify extra low Voltage DC power systems.
In the last years the sudden popularity of grid connect solar systems has far surpassed the amount of sales of stand alone systems.
Unlike a lot of the newcomers in the business we still develop and design the best off-grid stand-alone power solutions for remote areas.
Nanosolar claims that its panels produce electricity at around 5 cents/kilowatt hour. This would be almost the same cost as power from coal and, currently, 33% of the cost of conventional solar systems.
Trina Solar Panels have been chosen to Power Australia's Largest Roof-Mounted Solar Array for The University of Queensland.
Australian Geographic has written an article about the installation of the Nimbin 45kW solar farm to supply the town that will make Nimbin one of Australia’s most sustainable communities.
NIMBIN is set to become Australia's most sustainable village after a development application to build a solar farm was lodged with Lismore City Council yesterday.
Beware of deals that seem too good to be true! We often make repairs on cheap panels and components not installed by us. Is your solar company still going to be there in 5 years time?
We install solar systems in Northern NSW and Southern QLD.
QLD:
Gold Coast (from Coolangatta to Southport), Nerang and Hinterland (Beaudesert) and out West (Warwick, Stanthorpe, Killarney)
NSW:
Northern NSW (Tweed Heads to Yamba, including Evans Head, Byron Bay and Ballina); the Far North Coast Hinterland (Grafton via Lismore to Murwillumbah) and out West (Casino to Tenterfield, including Drake and Tabulam, as well as Woodenbong and Bonalbo)
For larger system we also go up to Brisbane or down to Coffs Harbour and even Glen Innes. Other places by arrangement.
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