Keeping your solar panel system in pristine condition, Part 1: Why does maintenance matter?
Imagine buying your dream car. It’s shiny. It has that ‘new car’ smell. And, most importantly, it performs beautifully—glides along the road and gets you where you need to be, in style. You wouldn’t purchase a new car then neglect it, would you? You wouldn’t let it get it filthy, fail to get it serviced, […]
COVID-19 (Coronovirus), Government Stimulus & Solar
ACCC Calls to Scrap Solar Incentives
For the second time in as many years the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called to end the hugely successful Federal scheme incentivising home and business owners to install solar. The renewed push to quash the incentive scheme came via their August 2019 Report – Inquiry into the National Energy Market which states that […]
Can A Smart Electricity Meter Save Me Money?
To start with it would help to answer the question ‘what is a smart meter?’. I don’t like reinventing the wheel, so I will quote my friends in the Queensland Government – ‘Digital meters (also known as advanced meters, smart meters, or type 4 meters) are electricity meters which can record electricity consumption in 30 […]
What solar panel brands I can trust?
In the tumultuous world of sifting through hundreds of brands and solar panel companies it can be very difficult knowing which brands are safe and trusted and which need to be avoided at all costs. If you are currently getting quotes from solar panel installers you may have already been quoted four or five different […]
Government Incentives for Solar Panel Installations
Solar System Finance Options
What are the common structures for financing a solar system? In the ever-growing confusion surrounding solar system payment options it may be surprising that an outright purchase of a solar system may not reflect the highest yielding returns for tax-paying businesses. We try to unpack the various methods of funding a purchase and analyse the […]
Solar in Industrial or Rural Settings
Is there really any difference between installing a solar system on a building in urban areas to industrial or rural settings? We at Spinifex Energy believe so, and offer the following three themes that should be considered in industrial or rural areas: There is potential for Ammonia Oxide to attack solar panels; Accelerated soiling and […]
Accurately Sizing a Solar System
A common question when considering installing a solar or battery storage system is ‘How do we accurately size the most appropriate solar system?’ For us at Spinifex Energy this is a purely an economic question which we answer exploring these three things: The current energy use profile revealing the average daily or annual energy consumption; […]
Panel Level Optimising Explained
As more and more optimisation products enter the market (some of you may have heard of SolarEdge inverters with their own brand of optimiser or Tigo optimisers) I thought it would be a good time to explain when it is advisable to look down the path of including optimisation in your solar system. What problem […]
