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The future is here – and it’s solar powered. And there’s a very strong possibility that Elon Musk’s Tesla EV company will have contributed the most to assisting this change.   Why did Elon Musk invest in solar energy? Musk’s SolarCity Corp is an ancillary of Tesla, Inc. (his EV manufacturing division that recently saw its shares skyrocket in January, 2021). SolarCity develops and sells everything solar energy re

Can there be such a thing as having too much solar energy? Analysts who track renewable energy sources say Australia can look forward to one hundred percent of their power provided for them by solar power as solar panel installation growth continues to increase. But energy regulators state: Without careful management of this new resource, Australia’s grid stability could possibly be at risk. What’s the story with tha

How last year’s wildfires impacted Australian and Californian solar panel efficiency. Should we be worried about the same thing happening in New Zealand? 2020 has been a real doozy of a year so far. On top of everything else that happened, wildfires added to our global woes. Solar energy snowball In Australia this year, wildfire smoke nearly halved solar panel efficiency in every south-eastern city. Solar experts are

If solar minimum sounds ominous to you, there’s actually really no need to worry. The sun is a constant presence in our skies and is guaranteed not to go anywhere in the far distant future! So then why are prognosticators banging on about whether the fast approaching solar minimum might have an effect on solar roof panels. Well, it actually depends on what news sources you’ve been listening to.   Solar Minimum v

Hyperthermia is no joke. Humans need to have access to enough liquids in order to allow the cooling effects of sweating to work. If the body becomes overheated, many systems in the body can crash. Solar panels have a lot in common with humans in this regard; they don’t work very well when overheated – not surprising when they are positioned to face the sun for most of the day.   Researchers Have Found Out How to

  At the time of writing this blog post, the coronavirus has claimed over 3,000 lives all over the world, with China being the worst hit. How will this impact growth in the solar energy market? More than you would think, as it turns out. While not diminishing the tragic loss of lives and countless sick days the novel coronavirus outbreak has claimed so far, a significant slowdown in the global expansion of solar

No, SunBOTs is not the new Westworld spin-off show, it’s actually cutting-edge technology developed to mimic the sun-seeking behaviour of sunflowers.   Why this is seen as such a breakthrough is because you might be able to say goodbye to solar panels being stuck up on a roof as your only option; you’ll be able to install them anywhere there is sunlight. Photo by Elijah Hail   The Problem with Immovable Sol

Though some would find the hysteria displayed by the teenage guest speaker recently at the UN 2019 Summit for Climate Change off-putting, it will take a lot more aggrandizing then that to turn Kiwis off clean energy. This is because grid parity is beneficial as much for the utility bills, as it is for planet Earth. It’s time that the topic of grid parity in New Zealand, and the world in general, was revisited. There

Let’s look at the Nuclear Energy vs. New Zealand debate. Even though New Zealand is fortunate in not having the kind of loony anti-nuclear protestors that cluttered Greenham Common airbase in England in the 70s, there is still a considerable percentage of the population who vociferously hate nuclear energy without much basis in fact or reason. These opinions might be further inflamed after a few minutes watching the