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Today is a brilliant day. It’s a gorgeous summer day in Wodonga, Victoria and with the sun shining, our 6.5kW solar system is collecting a hard 5kW of power, limited by the SolarEdge inverter (and restrictions by the energy distributor). When spilling power like this, it’d be the perfect...
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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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This morning Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on winning the US election. While Trump may be contesting the result, it’s pretty clear to most, he lost this time. So with Biden headed to the top job, its worth taking a look at the...
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Last month the ACT held an election and Labor was returned to Government, continuing a 19-year run. In a new document known as the Parliamentary and Governing Agreement for the 10th Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory, it confirms the principles in which the ACT Labor and ACT...
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Energizer has announced they are entering the Home Battery Storage market with a new scalable solution called HOMEPOWER. The system starts with a main unit that has 6.1 kWh of energy capacity, but can scale to as much as 24.4 kWh by combining the Main unit + 3 Subs....
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Tonight, the Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivered Australia’s 2020 Budget. Included in the budget, is a section titled ‘Investing in lower-emissions technologies’ . The Government has released the first Low Emissions Technology Statement. This provides a roadmap to accelerate the deployment of low emissions and reliable technologies. As we...
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It looks like Australia is set to get a massive battery storage project, following on from the successful Hornsdale project in South Australia. Western Australia Premier Mark McGown has revealed that the state needs more storage capacity to support the dramatic growth in renewable energy production. McGowan goes on...
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Yesterday, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Government would build energy infrastructure if the private market wasn’t able to. We’ve seen in recent years that Australia’s energy supply can be problematic, as legacy coal-fired power plants reach their end of life. Unless replacement capacity can be sourced, and...
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The McGowan Government has launched a $66.3 million package focused on renewable energy technologies. This new package, announced today is designed to help kick-start the State’s economy, following the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s announcement is part of a wider initiative by the state, focused on clean energy...