by Michael | Jun 13, 2019 | LATEST NEWS, Uncategorized
I get asked this questiona ll the time. As of June 2019, the answert would be NO in most cases. The exceptions are: You are a freak and don’t care about the financials You experience frequent blackouts and want protection from it You aree living in a state that...
by Michael | Jun 8, 2018 | LATEST NEWS, Uncategorized
This is the latest myth that made it into the mainstream media. Is there any truth to it at all? It is undeniable that on sunny days a lot of generation wants to feed into the grid at a time when not much it needed. If unchecked, this can lead to frequency shifts...
by Michael | Feb 23, 2018 | LATEST NEWS, Uncategorized
“Gift the FIT”, launched yesterday, is a new initiative started by an ENOVA Energy customer with the aim of helping ‘energy cost stressed’ householders. It works by gifting the solar feed-in tariff (FIT) credits in a customers account to...
by Michael | Feb 21, 2018 | LATEST NEWS, Uncategorized
See this report in “One step off the grid” that shows the dramatic reduction in the cost of solar + storage compared to 2016. We’d like to stress, though, that there are more reputable battery manufacturers than the one mentioned in this...
by Michael | Feb 21, 2018 | LATEST NEWS, Uncategorized
South Australia is now committed to be powered by renewable energy to 75% by 2025. They are also aiming for a 25% storage target. They way we see it, coming from a position of having the least reliable and most expensive grid just a couple of years ago, S.A. will have...
by Michael | Feb 13, 2018 | LATEST NEWS, Uncategorized
Since May 2017 the author is hosting an older 3kWp solar system, a new 5kWp system (both are working on separate inverters in parallel) and a 10kWh battery. Since then I’ve been accumulating credits in my account with ENOVA energy – they are getting bigger...
