Banks now offer up to $80K in ultra-low interest green loans for solar panels & batteries! Find out more

Home > My Solar Quotes Blog

My Solar Quotes Blog

Video: Meridian's commitment to small scale solar power generation

Video: Meridian's commitment to small scale solar power generation

This is a great video presentation by Meridian's Peter Doidge.  It helps confirms anyone thinking that investing solar power is a good idea.  It is a bit old now, the new pricing(...)

Posted on in Solar Power New Zealand

Read More >>

Warren Buffett moves into the Solar Photovoltaics space

Warren Buffett moves into the Solar Photovoltaics space

The most successful investor of the 20th Century, Warren Buffet sees solar power as a good investment.  A new company of his called MidAmerican Renewablabes entered the market in 2012,(...)

Posted on in International Solar

Read More >>

Understanding solar panel data sheets

Understanding solar panel data sheets

If you have been hunting around for a solar power system, a few of the solar installers might have given you a brochure/sheet of paper that has a picture of the what the solar panel looks like, followed by a few key bullet points and on the back are some numbers and(...)

Posted on in How Solar Power Works

Read More >>

Solar Panel Prices Continue to Drop

Solar Panel Prices Continue to Drop

Solar panels cost substantially less to install now in comparison to only two or three years ago.  In 2009 the price of a solar panel in the wholesale market was $4 per Watt ($760 per a standard 190W panel) and are now around $0.80 per Watt / $152 per(...)

Posted on in Solar Power Trends

Read More >>

Fantastic opportunity for a solar installer

Fantastic opportunity for a solar installer

A request for proposal was put out on the 11th of February 2013 for the opportunity to install solar power on Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands.  The goal(...)

Posted on in International Solar

Read More >>

How to choose solar panels

How to choose solar panels

What type of solar panels should I choose, monocrystalline panels, multicrystalline panels or thin film panels?  This is a common question that buyers have been asking us a lot recently.

Nowadays there is not much difference between mono and multi.  Both of(...)

Posted on in How Solar Power Works

Read More >>

Future of Solar Power Storage

Future of Solar Power Storage

Update Dec 2015: Vector's offer may now be out of date.Storage for solar power is a big topic in the solar pv world at the moment. The race is on to create the perfect solution for storing solar power generated at peaks times (i.e. in the middle of the day when we(...)

Posted on in Solar Technology

Read More >>

NZ's first Solar Powered Castle

NZ's first Solar Powered Castle

Campbell Live takes a sneak peak into the progress of Dennis and Debbie Chapman's personal castle which is powered by solar panels.  Not only are they getting power from the solar panels, but they are harvesting the heat off the back of the panels which is stored in(...)

Posted on in Solar Power New Zealand

Read More >>