Solar PV for Your Home in Townsville and North Queensland
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Solar system materials:
The four important components of a solar system are:
the solar panels,All these items must be appropriate for your system and your house.
the inverter,
the mounting frame, and
the electrical cables.
Sometimes additional items may be required to ensure your homes distribution board is complaint with legal requirements.
At Tropical Energy Solutions, we only use materials from reputable manufactures who offer industry leading warranty’s and after sales support, for example SMA, Trina, Kyocera, Sunpower, Fronius and Latronics.
Solar system installation:
Only Clean Energy Council accredited solar PV installers, like Tropical Energy Solutions, are allowed to install your solar system.
Ideally the system will be oriented to the north and angled at an elevation roughly equivalent to your latitude. This will allow maximum energy production, all year round.
In North Queensland the system will also need to be cyclone rated.
Green Loans:
The Green Loans Program is an Australian Government initiative to assist Australian households in ‘going green’ by providing simple advice and actions to save energy and water as well as providing access to funding for larger scale installations of solar, water and energy efficiency products.
Green Loan benefits:
interest free
no establishment fees
no ongoing fees
borrow up to $10,000 over a maximum 4 year term
For more information on Green Loans visit www.environment.gov.au/greenloans
Prior to applying for your green loan you must receive a home sustainability assessment from an approved assessor.
We recommend:
Ashley Morgan from North Queensland Assessing - phone 0400 736 718
or
Sandy McCathie from ecoSAVVY - www.ecosavvy.com.au
phone (07) 4721 5242
Solar Power and your Home: The Basics
Residential PV systems are affordable and easy to install.
Solar power basics:
When the sun shines on your solar panels it generates direct current (DC) electricity. The DC electricity travels along the wires to an ‘inverter’ which converts it to 240Volt (alternating current) AC electricity. This is the same kind of electricity which is supplied by your energy provider to power the appliances in your home.
The maximum amount of energy which can be generated by the solar power system under ideal conditions is measured in kilowatts (kW). The actual amount of energy a solar system produces over time is measured in kilowatt hours (kWh). kWh is also the measurement your energy provider uses to charge you on your electricity bill.
If your solar system produces more power than your house is consuming, the surplus energy is fed into the mains grid. At night when the solar system is not producing power, your home is powered by the mains grid as normal.
In Queensland, the surplus energy produced during the day can be sold to the energy provider (Ergon or Energex), to assist in reducing your energy bill. For those people who have efficient homes, you may even earn money back.
Residential PV systems are affordable and easy to install.
Solar power basics:
When the sun shines on your solar panels it generates direct current (DC) electricity. The DC electricity travels along the wires to an ‘inverter’ which converts it to 240Volt (alternating current) AC electricity. This is the same kind of electricity which is supplied by your energy provider to power the appliances in your home.
The maximum amount of energy which can be generated by the solar power system under ideal conditions is measured in kilowatts (kW). The actual amount of energy a solar system produces over time is measured in kilowatt hours (kWh). kWh is also the measurement your energy provider uses to charge you on your electricity bill.
If your solar system produces more power than your house is consuming, the surplus energy is fed into the mains grid. At night when the solar system is not producing power, your home is powered by the mains grid as normal.
In Queensland, the surplus energy produced during the day can be sold to the energy provider (Ergon or Energex), to assist in reducing your energy bill. For those people who have efficient homes, you may even earn money back.
Rebates: Solar Credits Scheme
Under this scheme, homes which install solar panels will be awarded with five-times the amount of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for every megawatt-hour (MWh) of clean energy their system produces, up to a system size of 1.5 kilowatts peak (kWp).
This means 5 x RECs for every 1MWh your system is predicted to produce for the first 15 years of operation. For the extra portion of a system which is over 1.5kWp, only 1 REC per 1 MWh of energy produced will be issued.
RECs created with the installation of new roof-top solar panels, can be sold to reduce the up-front cost of the system.
As a tradeable commodity the price of RECs will change over time.
Under this scheme, homes which install solar panels will be awarded with five-times the amount of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for every megawatt-hour (MWh) of clean energy their system produces, up to a system size of 1.5 kilowatts peak (kWp).
This means 5 x RECs for every 1MWh your system is predicted to produce for the first 15 years of operation. For the extra portion of a system which is over 1.5kWp, only 1 REC per 1 MWh of energy produced will be issued.
RECs created with the installation of new roof-top solar panels, can be sold to reduce the up-front cost of the system.
As a tradeable commodity the price of RECs will change over time.
