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Electricity

Sustainable House Day – Sept 9

August 30, 2012 by Darren

Here’s a great opportunity to have a tour of one of the Illawarra’s most sustainable homes – the Rowes’ residence in Shellharbour.

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Councils, Science and Technology Tagged: Climate Challenge, Electricity, illawarra, Shellharbour, solar grid-connect, solar hot water, sustainability, Waste

Free Firewood

May 22, 2012 by Darren

You can save a lot of money by heating your home with wood, especially if you can get the wood for free. Here’s where I get mine – where do you get yours?

Posted in: Frugality, Gleaning, Household Tagged: Electricity, firewood, FreeCycle, frugal living, trees

Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric Car Thoughts

November 18, 2010 by Darren

My thoughts on Australia’s first mass-produced all-electric car. Is this the start of something big?

Posted in: Electricity, Science and Technology, Transport Tagged: Australia, electric cars, Electricity

NSW Government Revamps Solar Feed In Tariff Scheme

October 27, 2010 by Darren

Effective midnight tonight, the NSW Government has announced a revamping of the Solar Bonus Scheme – the gross feed-in tariff for solar electricity has been reduced from 60c per kWh to 20c per kWh.

Posted in: Electricity, Illawarra Businesses Tagged: Australia, Electricity, ETS, nsw government, SHCP, solar feed-in tariff, solar grid-connect, solar installations, solar panels

Shellharbour Solar Expo A Huge Success

October 19, 2010 by Darren

I spent most of Sunday helping to staff the Jamberoo FutureCare table at the Shellharbour Solar Expo, at Shellharbour Workers’ Club (who actually have 22 kW of solar panels installed themselves – see photo). The expo was organised by Jamberoo FutureCare, in conjunction with Shellharbour and Kiama Councils. There were a number of solar power … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Events, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Science and Technology Tagged: Electricity, government rebates, hot water system, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, Shellharbour, solar hot water, solar panels, solar power, solar power system, solar rebate, wind generators

The CSIRO Home Energy Saving Handbook

September 1, 2010 by Darren

I was interviewed on Monday by a researcher from the University of Wollongong about my experiences with installing solar hot water at our old house. They’re looking into why people choose solar, how they choose the system and supplier, what their experience has been, etc. Sitting in on the interview was an interesting guy from … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Science and Technology Tagged: chest fridge, climate change, CSIRO, Electricity, electricity meter, home energy, hot water system, solar hot water, solar hot water system, university of wollongong

Residential Solar Power: Is The Income Taxable?

May 14, 2010 by Darren

There has been a bit of a storm in a teacup lately in the Australian press, claiming that all those people who “bought into the hype” and installed solar panels on their homes will now have to pay tax on the income they receive for any electricity generated. Of course it’s very easy for the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Science and Technology Tagged: Australia, Electricity, pv, solar array, solar installations, solar panels, solar power, solar power system, solar systems

My Chest Fridge Conversion

May 23, 2009 by Darren

I finally got the chance to set up my chest freezer as a fridge a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been testing it out so I could write up this post. You may recall I mentioned that we had an old fridge/freezer running in our garage as a second fridge. With three young kids … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: chest freezers, chest fridge, Electricity, electricity consumption, electricity meter, energy efficiency, fridge, fridgemate, hack, MS6115, temperature controller

Gross Solar Feed In Tariff Petition For Australia

January 23, 2009 by Darren

The Australian government is waffling on the issue of a nationalised renewable energy feed-in tariff for homes. Recent announcements seem to indicate that they’ll favour a net tariff, which is very much inferior to the gross feed-in tariff the solar industry is calling for. A gross feed-in tariff (where the energy-producing household is paid for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: australian government, Electricity, rebate program, renewable energy, renewable energy sources, solar feed-in tariff, solar rebate, solar systems, wind generators

Guerrilla Solar

December 10, 2008 by Darren

I just read an interesting article in [ReNew Magazine Issue 104](http://shop.ata.org.au/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16521&category_id=300) about the [guerrilla solar movement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Guerrilla) and one individual’s experiments with his unapproved DIY grid-connect solar panels. It’s not as dangerous as it sounds. Solar guerrillas use commercial mains power inverters which meet the relevant international standards to feed their electricity into the grid. You … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: DIY, Electricity, electricity meter, guerrilla solar, mains power, mother earth news, power inverters, solar array, solar installations, solar power, solar systems
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