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Today was our best day for solar generation yet. Our 6.5kW of solar panels managed to collect a massive 46.26kWh during sunlight hours, which on December 2nd, 2020 ran from 7:30AM until 8PM. After having the system installed back in February by Kdec, at the tail end of summer,...
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North East Water is a water utility, headquartered in the regional Victorian city of Wodonga, servicing an estimated 110,000 people across 39 towns. Recently North East Water has added a 330 panel, 132kW solar array, positioned over the main car park. Not only will the solar carpark capture as...
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Queensland may be in the midst of a state election, but mother nature cares not. This afternoon a severe storm impacted part of the state, which is now impacting the vote-counting in 20 electorates. Election aside, one big impact on home owners is damage to their solar panels. Australia...
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IKEA is famous for having a vast array of product for inside your home, but have now added Solar Panels and Battery Storage, as something you can buy direct from their website. In Victoria, you can purchase a 6.6kW SOLSTRÅLE system from A$3,227 which includes: 18 x Trina Solar TSM-370DE08M(II) 370W panels Growatt...
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The Northern Territory Government has announced two major programs that will help achieve their plan for 50% renewables by 2030. The first relates to grid-scale battery storage, while the second is a great incentive for home owners to invest in batteries at home. Batteries are used to store the...
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Last month we had 6.5kW of solar installed on our roof. After having the installation (by KDEC Electrical) checked and signed off, we then switched to a new solar plan with Energy Australia, and our system started saving us money. Our solar system includes: 20 x SunPower 325W P-series...
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If you own an electric car, then you need to consider how you’ll charge your car. There’s a growing number of fast charging locations, but not everyone lives near one, so charging at home is an option many select. Charging your vehicle from the grid is possible, but if...
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Victoria’s Essential Services Commission determines the minimum rate that households receive for feeding power from their solar systems, back into the grid. Unfortunately, the decision has been made to reduce the minimum rate (the rate most electricity providers offer) from July 1st, 2020. The current minimum rate is 12c...
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Politicians are tripping over themselves when it comes to energy and renewable policy. While debates around the future of our electricity sources are complex, there are elements of this solution that are just plain simply that we could get done today. When we build car parks at shopping centres,...
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This week, I joined the more than 2 million Australians and added solar to my home. Personally I went with a 6.5kW solar system, which is right sized for our household power needs today, and into the future. Our solar system includes: 20 x SunPower 325W P-series All Black...
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My wife and I built our forever home with Metricon about 3 years ago. Since then we’ve added a daughter and we’re growing into our house nicely. During the build process, we looked at adding solar but decided against it at the time. In the time since becoming homeowners,...
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Sometimes you’ve got to spend money to make money. That old saying couldn’t be more true, than for homeowners considering adding solar panels to their rooftop. After getting a Tesla Model 3 in September, I’ve driven 7,000km in the car and absolutely love it. While the car is amazing...
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Australia’s bushfires are now global news and aside from the immediate impact of the firefronts, there are now serious flow-on consequences as a result of the smoke. Ironically, the smoke is so bad now, that solar installers, like Kdec Electrical and Solar in Albury Wodonga, are now limiting installations...
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The Victorian Government has been providing incentives to home owners to add solar to their homes through the Solar Homes Program. The next release of solar panel rebates goes live at 9am, this Tuesday, the 17th December, 2019. The scheme offers a rebate of $2,225 (paid directly to the...
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We often think about solar as something we install on the roof of our homes, but there’s a massive amount of momentum in the commercial solar industry. When you go to work, the businesses that employees you likely has a power bill, not in the hundreds of dollars per...
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The Block is one of the highest-rating shows on Australian TV (last Sunday they took out top spot with 1.08 million viewers). Tonight the judges gave their assessment of 3 rooms per couple. One of those rooms was the garage. With a week left in this year’s competition, most...
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Renewable energy technology is a massively expanding market in Australia, gaining further momentum through Government subsidies and rebates available to customers and given how important it is to our country’s future, here’s a solar battery storage guide to help you through the options available today. More than 2 million homes and businesses in Australia now have...
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LG Solar has announced today that one of the largest installations of roof-mounted solar panels in the Southern Hemisphere has been successfully completed. The project is located at the Moorebank Logistics Park in Sydney and the roof now features more than 7,500 LG NeON 2 panels on the roof....
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The Albury Waste Management Centre isn’t something I’d normally cover on techAU, but when they pull off an Australian first, it’s worth talking about. Australia’s first solar plant built on a reclaimed landfill site, features 4,000 solar panels that will produce enough energy to power around 400 homes. There’s...
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Kdec Electrical & Solar have just completed one of these best solar installations I’ve seen. This stunningly streamlined solar roof is located on new caravan parking shelter for Westmont Aged Care in Baranduda, VIC (just outside Wodonga). We first brought you news of the roof back in June, but...
Today was our best day for solar generation yet. Our 6.5kW of solar panels managed to collect a massive 46.26kWh during sunlight hours, which on December 2nd, 2020 ran from 7:30AM until 8PM. After having the system installed back in February by Kdec, at the tail end of summer,...
North East Water is a water utility, headquartered in the regional Victorian city of Wodonga, servicing an estimated 110,000 people across 39 towns. Recently North East Water has added a 330 panel, 132kW solar array, positioned over the main car park. Not only will the solar carpark capture as...
Queensland may be in the midst of a state election, but mother nature cares not. This afternoon a severe storm impacted part of the state, which is now impacting the vote-counting in 20 electorates. Election aside, one big impact on home owners is damage to their solar panels. Australia...
IKEA is famous for having a vast array of product for inside your home, but have now added Solar Panels and Battery Storage, as something you can buy direct from their website. In Victoria, you can purchase a 6.6kW SOLSTRÅLE system from A$3,227 which includes: 18 x Trina Solar TSM-370DE08M(II) 370W panels Growatt...
The Northern Territory Government has announced two major programs that will help achieve their plan for 50% renewables by 2030. The first relates to grid-scale battery storage, while the second is a great incentive for home owners to invest in batteries at home. Batteries are used to store the...
Last month we had 6.5kW of solar installed on our roof. After having the installation (by KDEC Electrical) checked and signed off, we then switched to a new solar plan with Energy Australia, and our system started saving us money. Our solar system includes: 20 x SunPower 325W P-series...
If you own an electric car, then you need to consider how you’ll charge your car. There’s a growing number of fast charging locations, but not everyone lives near one, so charging at home is an option many select. Charging your vehicle from the grid is possible, but if...
Politicians are tripping over themselves when it comes to energy and renewable policy. While debates around the future of our electricity sources are complex, there are elements of this solution that are just plain simply that we could get done today. When we build car parks at shopping centres,...
This week, I joined the more than 2 million Australians and added solar to my home. Personally I went with a 6.5kW solar system, which is right sized for our household power needs today, and into the future. Our solar system includes: 20 x SunPower 325W P-series All Black...
My wife and I built our forever home with Metricon about 3 years ago. Since then we’ve added a daughter and we’re growing into our house nicely. During the build process, we looked at adding solar but decided against it at the time. In the time since becoming homeowners,...
Sometimes you’ve got to spend money to make money. That old saying couldn’t be more true, than for homeowners considering adding solar panels to their rooftop. After getting a Tesla Model 3 in September, I’ve driven 7,000km in the car and absolutely love it. While the car is amazing...
Australia’s bushfires are now global news and aside from the immediate impact of the firefronts, there are now serious flow-on consequences as a result of the smoke. Ironically, the smoke is so bad now, that solar installers, like Kdec Electrical and Solar in Albury Wodonga, are now limiting installations...
The Victorian Government has been providing incentives to home owners to add solar to their homes through the Solar Homes Program. The next release of solar panel rebates goes live at 9am, this Tuesday, the 17th December, 2019. The scheme offers a rebate of $2,225 (paid directly to the...
We often think about solar as something we install on the roof of our homes, but there’s a massive amount of momentum in the commercial solar industry. When you go to work, the businesses that employees you likely has a power bill, not in the hundreds of dollars per...
The Block is one of the highest-rating shows on Australian TV (last Sunday they took out top spot with 1.08 million viewers). Tonight the judges gave their assessment of 3 rooms per couple. One of those rooms was the garage. With a week left in this year’s competition, most...
Renewable energy technology is a massively expanding market in Australia, gaining further momentum through Government subsidies and rebates available to customers and given how important it is to our country’s future, here’s a solar battery storage guide to help you through the options available today. More than 2 million homes and businesses in Australia now have...
LG Solar has announced today that one of the largest installations of roof-mounted solar panels in the Southern Hemisphere has been successfully completed. The project is located at the Moorebank Logistics Park in Sydney and the roof now features more than 7,500 LG NeON 2 panels on the roof....
The Albury Waste Management Centre isn’t something I’d normally cover on techAU, but when they pull off an Australian first, it’s worth talking about. Australia’s first solar plant built on a reclaimed landfill site, features 4,000 solar panels that will produce enough energy to power around 400 homes. There’s...
Kdec Electrical & Solar have just completed one of these best solar installations I’ve seen. This stunningly streamlined solar roof is located on new caravan parking shelter for Westmont Aged Care in Baranduda, VIC (just outside Wodonga). We first brought you news of the roof back in June, but...
