Installing solar isn’t all plain sailing. In addition to the complexities of matching energy production to energy use, and the huge amount of math that goes into crunching whether you will or won’t break even, there are other obstacles. This article is about the biggest ‘trap for young players’ that I fell into when installing solar.
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Excuse me, but why does anybody need solar power batteries?
Today I intend to lay out a system that works well in harnessing the power of the sun, without the need for any costly solar power batteries.
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Cafe Overload In Coastal Tourist Locations
It has been a busy summer and Whangamata has just recently opened its 26th eatery, according to TripAdvisor. Despite the flowering of new businesses, there seems almost relentless demand to be serviced. Hour long waits are very common and customers readily (if not happily) accept them during peak times over summer.
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Why It Helps to Start Planning a Year In Advance When It Comes to Solar Power
In last week’s article I wrote about the need to calculate your own power consumption before investing in any solar power proposal. This week I want to talk about how extending the timeline for your data set well in advance can help you to improve the data accuracy of your energy saving calculations.
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Why It’s Important to Calculate Your Own Power Consumption Before Buying Solar Power
In a past article I talked about how the main environmental benefit of installing solar power systems in New Zealand is that it reduces demand on the grid during periods of peak consumption. This time I’m going to look at the flip side of that equation – if you want to receive the maximum economic benefit from your solar power installation, you need to begin with a clear understanding of your own home or business actually uses power.
How Gareth Morgan’s Tax On Imputed Rent will Wreck the NZ Economy & Ruin Kiwi Baches
If you haven’t read The Opportunities Party tax policy yet, you are probably unaware that they are proposing a tax on imputed rent as a core part of their tax policy, to ‘fix’ the housing market.