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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

Cheap Grid-Connected Solar Power: $2500 for 1 kW System

December 11, 2008 by Darren

If you’re in Australia and have been thinking about getting a grid-connected solar power system, there’s a really good deal right now with Earth Utility. If you order before 15 December 2008, it’ll cost $2,500 installed (after rebates, RECs, etc and excluding utility connection costs). **WARNING:** Earth Utility appears to be in trouble (updated 28-04-2010) … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: Australia, Earth Utility, government rebates, illawarra, pv, SHCP, solar array, solar power, solar power system, solar systems, Sustainable Illawarra

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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