What Should You Buy First? Solar Hot Water or Solar PV?
Solar Hot Water is fast becoming the poor cousin of Solar PV (AKA Solar Electricity). Consumers just seem to prefer solar PV to solar hot water these days. In fact solar hot water has gone from almost...
View ArticleHow Do Solar Panels Work?
Ever wondered how solar panels actually work? We all know that they convert light into electricity – but have you ever stopped to wonder just how the heck that happens. Here I do my best to explain the...
View ArticleDo you really want to go off the grid with your solar power system?
Did you hear about the Queensland proposal a couple of weeks ago that proposed an 8c per kWh GROSS Feed In Tariff? That would mean Queenslanders would have to sell ALL their solar power to the...
View ArticleHow Much Will You Get Paid For Your Solar Electricity?
Hint: It’s a bit more complicated than you might think! By my reckoning 25% of people buying solar power systems want to save the planet as a priority. The other 75% want to save their bottom line and...
View ArticlePoly vs. Monocrystalline Solar Panels – Let’s put this argument to bed!
One steaming pile of Solar BS that you hear all the time from worst sales people in this industry – who will feed you any line to get a sale – is that polycrystalline panels are better than...
View ArticleHow Do You Know If Your Roof Is Good For Solar Power?
Back to the absolute solar basics today on the SQ blog! In this video I describe the 3 things you need to understand about your roof before buying a solar power system. And here’s the transcript if my...
View ArticleSolar Panel Direction: Which Way Should Your Solar Panels Face?
Should you point your solar panels North so that you get the maximum power from them? Not necessarily…let me explain: And here’s the transcript if you prefer reading: Hi! I’m Finn Peacock, which...
View ArticleHow To Choose A Good Solar Inverter
How do you choose a good solar inverter? It’s a really important question. If you choose a bad inverter, it may turn out to be noisy, inefficient and unreliable. If you have a look at the inverter...
View ArticleThe 5 Golden Rules For Choosing A Solar Installer
Over the last four years, I’ve written thousands of words and made hours of videos answering the question: “Finn – there are hundreds of solar companies out there – they all claim that “they are the...
View ArticleSolar Cars Roll Through Adelaide
The World Solar Challenge ended in my hometown of Adelaide on Sunday. So I took the kids into town for a close up look at the weird and wonderful solar cars: Unfortunately the team I had gone to...
View ArticleWill this incredible solar innovation by Ford make Holden irrelevant?
Last week we discussed how remarkable innovation in the renewable energy sector will change the way energy is sourced in buildings such as office blocks and factories. We looked at how recent...
View ArticleWhy over hyping batteries hurts the solar industry.
I feel so strongly about this that I though I’d shout at a video camera about it for 7 minutes. Hit me up in the comments if you think I’m being too harsh.
View ArticleShould you buy the cheapest solar system on the market?
(This post was written in 2012 – but the principles still hold true!) Everyone loves a bargain. Especially me! But are those solar systems advertised at jaw droppingly low prices a great deal or a...
View ArticleWhat is a Solar Feed In Tariff (Video).
I’ve been busy making videos that answer some common solar questions. Here I talk about Feed In Tariffs and what to do if your nasty energy retailer wants to punish you for going solar… Transcription...
View ArticleThe 3 Types Of Solar Installer
Discover the 3 types of solar installer that you’ll find in the Australian Market. Learn which ones to avoid, and the tricks the bad ‘uns will pull to get your business. Or if you don’t want to watch...
View ArticleWhat Should You Buy First? Solar Hot Water or Solar PV?
Solar Hot Water is fast becoming the poor cousin of Solar PV (AKA Solar Electricity). Consumers just seem to prefer solar PV to solar hot water these days. In fact solar hot water has gone from almost...
View ArticleHow Do Solar Panels Work?
Ever wondered how solar panels actually work? We all know that they convert light into electricity – but have you ever stopped to wonder just how the heck that happens. Here I do my best to explain the...
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