Category: Performance & Efficiency
The performance of individual panels and whole systems is important to know when sizing a system fro your home.
The Australian market is currently flush with a variety of solar panel brands, making the search for a solar panel system that boasts a solid efficiency rating potentially quite challenging. Below, we’ve put together a table of the top ten most efficient solar panel brands in the market. Since manufacturers produce several solar panel models, …
When looking to place solar panels on your roof, one of the key factors you’ll have to consider is their size and output. Solar panels come in the standard 1.70m x 1.0m dimensions with an output ranging between 250 – 440 watts. While output varies, in most cases the size of the single solar panel …
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If you’ve just installed solar panels in your home, or you’re thinking about it, one question that puzzles most people is whether solar panels can store energy. The answer is No. Solar panels can’t store the energy they produce for later use. To store solar energy, you’ll have to make use of solar batteries or …
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When looking to invest in solar panels, the biggest challenge for homeowners is determining the effectiveness of panels during winter. In places where there’s not much sun and sometimes it rains or snows, it’s really important for everyone to know that solar panels will still work well all year round. Solar panels do work during …
Everyone knows that solar panels need sunlight to generate electricity. But what happens if your roof is shaded or partially shaded through the day? Solar panels do not work in the shade. If it is partial shade, you can install the right system (micro-inverters) to mitigate the problem. With a string inverter, however, the whole …
There are clouds, and there are clouds! To answer this question, We must first clarify what we mean by “cloudy days”. We are not a blue sky with the odd white fluffy cloud but a complete cloud cover. Solar panels still work on cloudy days, but energy production can be far lower than on a …
The solar market is full of companies offering a wide array of solar panels of every type, quality and watt output, but which are best? With so many options, selecting the right solar panels for you and your home is getting harder by the day. To get the best solar panels, you have to consider …
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Understanding when is the best time to use solar electricity, and how to make the most out of your solar panel system, is important if you want to lower your electricity bill and reduce the carbon footprint of your household. Solar panels are most efficient when the sun hits them directly instead of at an …
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A 3kW solar panel system can run most appliances found in a small home with 2 – 3 occupants. It can produce up to 2500kWh per year which should be enough to run all the typical appliances you would find in 1 bath, 2 bedroom home. There are 3 ways to work out if a …