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Why Businesses Get a Better Solar Rebate Than You
Australia’s solar rebate shrinks every year for households, but commercial systems from 100 kW to 1 MW get a fixed five years. Here’s why.
New York Candidates for Governor Clash Over Energy Policy
High utility bills, the state’s clean energy transition and data centers’ growing electricity needs emerged as flashpoints during a gubernatorial debate.By Lauren Dalban Incumbent New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman clashed over high energy costs in the state’s only gubernatorial debate, offering sharply different visions for how to keep electricity affordable as demand rises.
Solar imports from India, Indonesia, Laos to be tariffed beginning in November
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has found that the domestic solar panel manufacturing industry has been harmed by unfairly priced imports
Victoria’s Best-Rated Solar Installers: 2026
You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d seen Victoria’s installer podium before. The same three companies that made the top three in 2025 are back again this year, although Jet Solar and Brightworks Solar have traded places at the top. The rankings are based on a weighted calculation of customer reviews published on the SolarQuotes website
100Ah Battery in parallel with 530Ah battery through Bulk, Absorption and Float. Should you?
OK, my friends, I show you again how batteries with different capacities work in parallel. We connect a small 100Ah battery to the CATL with 530Ah and turn it on! How high is the inrush current and what happens during bulk, absorption, float and also high-power discharging. Will the small capacity battery overload or overcharge? German designed Thor ⚡5000 Battery, Made by Gobel Power! https://youtu.be/obD17c96h00 30% off for the first 10 orders! https://off-grid-garage.com/li-ion-batteries/ Please subscribe and join me on my journey of the Off-Grid Garage! For more information, please check out my website with links to all the batteries, materials, devices and products I have used in my videos: https://off-grid-garage.com Your great support is much appreciated! Thank you very much. Buy me a Beer🍻: https://off-grid-garage.com or a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jqtgwc3mp3 You can also click on the Thanks button under the video to support the channel. Become a Channel Member (and receive additional content from time to time): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSv0QdWrddSghKQ9gXDT7pQ/join 👇👇👇 These are the batteries you are looking for 👇👇👇 🔋➡NEW EVE MB30/MB31 and MB56 with 306Ah/314Ah and 628Ah: https://off-grid-garage.com/batteries/ 🌞➡Solar charge Controllers, Inverters and accessories: https://off-grid-garage.com/solar-charge-controller/ 🔧➡Tools, Analysers and Testers: https://off-grid-garage.com/equipment/ 📈➡ Battery Tests and Results: https://off-grid-garage.com/battery-data/ 🔌➡Batteries, charger and accessories: https://off-grid-garage.com/batteries-3/ ⚡➡Cables, Inverters and Electronics: https://off-grid-garage.com/electronics/ T-Shirts, caps, mugs and more in our merch-shop: https://off-grid-garage.com/merch Get your Jakiper 'Jaki' Batteries from the local NSW warehouse with short delivery times. Batteries with great value and quality. Check out my website for reviews and discounts: https://off-grid-garage.com/li-ion-batteries/ or find ou
Illinois school district invests in solar on three school buildings
Allied Facility Partners, a design-build and performance contracting firm serving K-12, municipal and public-sector organizations across Illinois and
How Rewilding Could Help Atoll Islands Keep Pace With Rising Seas
Healthy ecosystems may give some of the world’s most vulnerable islands a better shot at survival, new research shows.By Bob Berwyn Coral-fringed tropical atolls are among the landforms most threatened by global warming, but many have a potential superpower: Healthy ecosystems may help them keep pace with rising seas.
An Unexpected Beneficiary of the Permitting Bill: Mini Marine Power
Tucked inside the Senate’s ambitious new permitting bill, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, is a major win for an energy technology that often flies under the radar: marine power. Small-scale wave, tidal, and river-current projects could help power everything from remote communities and military installations to ocean sensors and coastal desalination systems — at least in theory.
Climate Change Is Increasing Simultaneous Exposure to Heat Waves and Wildfire Smoke
Heat and wildfire smoke are dangerous on their own. A new study says more people are facing both at once.By Katie Surma More than 1 billion people per year were exposed to heat waves and fire pollution at the same time from 2010-2019, a sharp jump from the decade before it, according to a new study that highlights the growing public health crisis caused by global warming.
Adelphi University covers sports facility with new roof and solar project
A 295-kW rooftop solar system is now producing power at Adelphi University in Long Island, New York. Along with its commercial operation, the school
The AI doom debate is missing the grid’s real cyber problems
As AI makes attacks easier, companies from data centers to utilities are changing how they secure their operational technology.
New Study Reveals Clues About the Origins of Nepal’s Deadly Flood
Using seismic data from Nepal and China, researchers identified dozens of small seismic events in the weeks before the August rock-and-ice collapse and ensuing flood.By Alissa de Chassey A new study in the journal Seismica presents the first comprehensive seismic analysis of what happened during the disastrous flood in Nepal on Aug. 26. But exactly what triggered the mountainside to give way remains unclear.
Ameresco solar + storage project meets 100% of Oregon wastewater site’s energy needs
Ameresco has completed a solar-plus-storage project at the main office of the Roseburg Urban Sanitary Authority (RUSA) in Oregon. The $1 million project
Where does the price of fuel wind up?
Please avoid making this thread excessively political. It will go there no matter what, just focus on fuel (gas or diesel) and where it will wind up over the next year. Gas and diesel prices in my area are now painfully high. Oil pumping ability of producing nations is adequate to bring enough to market to keep gas prices between $2.50 and $3.00 per gallon. Getting oil to market has been disrupted by the Iran war specifically because the Strait of Hormuz is blocked. A terrorist attack... Read more
EG4 warranty and parts
Absolutely do not buy EG4 equipment. They will not stand behind their warranty and they have no parts to fix any broken units. If you're inverter goes out you have to buy a new one literally even if they won't stand behind their warranty they have no parts available. They don't offer any service work for any of their equipment. You are just done or go buy more. If there is one scratch any kinda of marking on the box its out of warranty. If it's in perfect shape they can still come up with 10... Read more
Anybody else think it's crazy to have your system on the Internet?
Israel has targeted solar equipment already over the Internet and various other IoT devices get hacked on the regular, now we see a bunch of spoiled food from Internet connected freezers in France. Sure, who would want to target me is a rejoinder, but why risk it? When your place could catch fire? And with AI making it more easy to do, how long before somebody makes your house evaporate for the lulz like they do with SWATing? Or a government or some other group targets everybody... Read more
Introducing ChargedReviews.com: Verified Solar & Battery Reviews That Can't Be Deleted
ChargedReviews.com: a public database of verified product reviews, certificates and datasheets for the solar and battery industry. Every claim gets checked against public records, and anything that does not add up gets documented for everyone to see. In short, Charged Reviews gives you: Verified owner reviews that manufacturers cannot delete, with a verified badge from a private receipt and serial label photo Reviews for products, distributors, manufacturers and... Read more
Standard Solar acquires two Washington projects from OneEnergy
Standard Solar has acquired two solar projects in Washington from OneEnergy Renewables, marking the companies’ first projects together in the state. The
The Future of AI + Solar
I know I have been bashing on AI for months, but I am just starting to realize how capable it now is. I am using it for everything. I do not think most individuals talking to a chat model understand the utility that a powerful LLM actually has. Look beyond these "AI Summaries" and low quality youtube thumbnails and try out opus 5.5 and give it a really difficult task. Try it for a few days and really push it to the limit. Once you really see how capable it is, it almost brings about a... Read more
Boosting signal between Flexboss/Gridboss comms ports
Greetings: TL/DR: Want to fix comms failure between FlexBoss/Gridboss pair that are 270ft apart. MODBUS/RS485 signal booster being considered - recommendations? Details: Our off-grid community recently (Oct) installed a FlexBoss/Gridboss combination that are separated by about 275ft (buried cable length). The original installation was working but after replacing (under warrantee) a miss-behaving Flexboss we have a persistant "W030: Grid Boss CAN Loss" error. Edit... Read more
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