Becoming a Green Energy Company
HappyEarth
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Our new 1kW solar power system produces twice as much energy as we consume – making us a solar power company! Over a year our system averages about 5 kWh a day and we only use 2.5kwh! Details on how we’ve made our energy consumption so low are under energy. We’ve got a grid connected system, so all our excess power feeds straight back into the power grid, and our bio-directional meter measures the outgoing and incoming power. Soon we should get an energy payment instead of an energy bill arriving in our letter box...and with talk of electricity prices skyrocketing, that’s a pretty good position to be in!
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Sweet! Who did you buy it from? Did you install it yourselves, or get someone else to do it?
Hi Darren,
We went through Solarswitch, and chose a 1kWh Sharp Solar Cell system with a Sunny Boy inverter. Our investment was $4000 after rebates (see www.environment.gov.au), and then there was an extra $400 for the installation of a bio-directional meter, which went in about a week after the system. We’re lucky to have a north facing roof with no large trees nearby, so it’s in a fantastic position for maximum power creation!
Great work guys. Just done intime for the sustainable house day!! You guys are going great guns!!
Donna