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Sustainability Books

November 25, 2013 by Darren

Here’s a bunch of recent books and eBooks that might be of interest to people trying to live more sustainably and explore the simple life.

Posted in: books, Growing Food, Household, Keeping Animals, Permaculture Tagged: Australia, books, cheese, ebook, hack, homestead, solar power, solar power system, sustainability

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

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

Generating Electricity vs Saving Electricity

June 15, 2009 by Darren

While putting together notes for [my talks over the weekend](http://green-change.com/2009/06/14/welcome-super-challengers/), I noticed something interesting. The amount of electricity we saved each day by [converting 10 halogen downlights to CFLs](http://green-change.com/2009/05/25/converting-halogen-downlights-to-cfls/) (4 kWh) is about equal to the amount of electricity we are generating each day (on average) since [installing a 1 kW grid-connect solar power system](http://green-change.com/2009/05/18/we-now-have-solar-power/). … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: chest fridge, government rebates, halogen downlights, power consumption, renewable energy, saving electricity, solar power, solar power system

Solar Power On It’s Way!

December 18, 2008 by Darren

We received an email last night from Earth Utility confirming our order for a 1 kW solar power system. They also phoned today to make sure we were kept informed. I’m really happy with their service so far. **WARNING:** Earth Utility appears to be in trouble (updated 28-04-2010). Now it’s just a matter of waiting … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: Australia, carbon emissions, Earth Utility, incentive schemes, micro hydro, renewable energy, solar feed-in tariff, solar grid-connect, solar installations, solar panels, solar power, solar power system, solar rebate

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

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