There are many situations when it’s useful to know the movements of the sun, which is why I was pleased to come across suncalc.net. Built on top of Google Maps, you type in an address and a date, and it shows you the track of the sun, from sunrise to sunset. For example, the screenshot [...]
Posts Tagged ‘solar panels’
Understanding the sun
Posted in Saving the environment, Useful resources, tagged solar panels, sun on August 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Solar panels: new meters
Posted in Saving the environment, tagged electricity meters, solar panels, solar power on July 27, 2010 | 6 Comments »
As part of our new solar panels, we needed new electricity meters. In particular, a new meter was required to measure the “gross feed in tariff”, that is, the amount of electricity we produce and sell to the grid. The old electricity is shown above; clearly it’s pretty old. I wasn’t unhappy to see it [...]
Installing our solar panels
Posted in Renovating the house, Saving the environment, tagged solar panels, solar power on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Catching up on my backlog of posts, this is the next in a series of entries on our new solar panels, following on from our initial decision. The first step of the installation process is to put up a pair of “rails” that the solar panels are attached to. With a corrugated iron roof, this [...]
Green Loans Assessment Report
Posted in Saving the environment, tagged assessment, hot water, insulation, solar panels, solar power on May 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
For a little while the Australian Government was extremely keen on its home efficiency assessment program. This involved sending out hoards of assessors to conduct free reviews of residential houses, looking for opportunities to deliver environmental improvements. Due to fallout from some of the other programs (notably the home insulation program), this has now been [...]
Is solar energy taxable?
Posted in Saving the environment, tagged feed-in tarrif, solar panels, tax on May 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Apologies for the lack of posts here recently. All my writing energy has been going in to my next work-related book, due out the middle of the year. Once I’ve got those 200+ pages done, I can get back to some blogging. In the meantime, I came across a great post that answers the question: [...]
Choosing solar panels
Posted in Saving the environment, tagged solar panels on April 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Solar power has been on our to-do list for a while now. There are two main types of solar power systems: Solar hot water. This uses the sun to heat water directly, and is most commonly installed on new houses. (We decided to get a super-efficient gas water heater instead.) Solar power (photovoltaic, PV). This [...]
