Updated to 30 April 2019 SUMMARY As a retired electrical engineer, I had always assumed that adding solar battery storage would result in an increase in what we save, over and above...
I believe it is important to know the difference between AC and DC coupled solar battery systems, so I will try and describe it in simple terms without complicating diagrams. ENERGY AND POWE...
The material from this posting has been expanded and superseded by the follwing posts: Statistical Analysis of Solar Energy Production in Adelaide A Cost Benefit Analysis of the VPP Using 3 Years R...
...s better than a 200 or 300 MWh battery? Why do we not have public debates and transparency about the whole energy problem? Sadly politics seems to dominate and we seem to be living in a fact-f...
I am a retired electrical engineer and an early adopter of the AGL VPP. I maintain a database of daily consumption and solar production, sourcing data from the AGL website, SA Power Networks (SAPN) w...
A Letter to Active Stream I find it extraordinary that you don't have a clear link on your home page to the Active Stream document “How to Read Electricity Meters – Consumer Guide”. I had to go thro...
Updated to 31 March 2020 SUMMARY I am a retired electrical engineer, living in Adelaide, and involved in the AGL VPP. On 01/11/18 our Sunverge system was replaced by a Froniu...
I have the PW installed under the VPP plan. Is it possible to have an additional PW installed as it would get good use during summer. In my case it would easily be charged as currently I am generat...