Last week, Mark from Glenorchy stared at his $847 quarterly electricity bill, calculator in hand, wondering if solar panels were worth the investment or just another expensive mistake waiting to happen. If you're asking the same question about solar panels…
Last month, I received a call from a homeowner in Glenorchy who'd been putting off solar for three years. "My roof's got this weird slope," he said, "and it's facing east-west instead of north. Everyone keeps telling me solar won't…
Picture Margaret from Rose Bay, staring at her latest electricity bill with that familiar knot in her stomach. $380 for the month – and it's only going to get worse with winter approaching. She's been thinking about solar for months,…
Last winter, my neighbour Mark called me in a panic. His solar panels had been performing beautifully for two years, cutting his electricity bills by 80%. However, his monthly savings suddenly dropped to just 40%. When we climbed onto his…
Sarah from Rose Bay learned this the hard way. After getting excited about her solar quote, she encountered a wall of paperwork that left her feeling overwhelmed. "I had no idea there were so many hoops to jump through," she…
Last Tuesday morning, my neighbour, Mike, pointed at the thick, grey clouds rolling over Mount Wellington. "There's no way those solar panels, in cloudy weather, Kingston conditions, would work on my roof," he said. "Half the time you can't even…
I was chatting with a neighbour over the fence about her solar panels. She'd been thinking about getting them installed for ages, but kept putting it off. "I just don't know if they'll last," she said, gesturing toward the harbour…
I was having coffee with a friend here in Brighton when he asked me something that stopped me in my tracks: "Mark, I've been thinking about getting solar panels, but my mate at work says they actually use more energy…
Last month, I met with a Brighton homeowner who'd been quoted three different solar system sizes from three different installers. One suggested 6.6 kW, another pushed for 10 kW, and the third recommended 13 kW. All for the same house…
Last week, I visited a homeowner in Glenorchy who had been wondering why his electricity bills hadn't dropped as much as expected after installing solar panels eighteen months prior. When we climbed onto his roof, the answer was immediately clear…
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