Battery storage for rooftop solar systems. Photo Courtesy: Hawaiian Electric Hawaiian Electric’s Battery Bonus program provides a cash incentive and bill credits to customers who add battery storage to their rooftop solar systems. The program has reached a milestone on O‘ahu with 30% of its allotted capacity filled. Battery Bonus, launched in July 2021, has reached its […]
SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity, Protect Our Communities Foundation and the Environmental Working Group today appealed the California Public Utilities Commission’s decision to significantly slash compensation to the state’s rooftop solar customers. The commission’s decision will harm the ability of environmental justice communities to go green. “California is drowning in climate-driven deluges, and […]
Investing in a residential home battery and solar system is generally considered feasible only if the payback falls within the battery warranty period – typically 10 years. According to this bloke, that’s easily doable. Josh Mylne is, among other things, a dad, a scientist, and an energy nerd. He has an unhealthy addiction to Excel […]
Photovoltaic Solar Panel Market to See Huge Growth by 2028 This press release was orginally distributed by SBWire Pune, Maharashtra — (SBWIRE) — 01/16/2023 — Global Photovoltaic Solar Panel Market Growth Forecast 2023-2028 is the latest research study released by HTF MI evaluating the market risk side analysis, highlighting opportunities, and leveraging with strategic and […]
Be careful when engaging non-battery-savvy electricians to work on your battery-powered home… There was so much red ink, it looked like a murder scene. Not long ago, in a suburb not too far away from SolarQuotes HQ, a solar/battery system owner made contact. He was engaged in an age-old battle, arguing with his electricity retailer […]
When record rainfall caused flooding in south-east Queensland last February, Steve McLean’s solar installers were kept off roofs, blowing a $60,000 hole in his firm’s budget and setting back what might have been another record year for his business. “If we didn’t do a system for five weeks, you can imagine that no one else […]
