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Solar Marketing 101 - Solar Home Parties

Solar Marketing 101 - Solar Home Parties

Since buying a solar power system is such a large ticket item, the most effective form of marketing is word of mouth, and what better way of encouraging word of mouth is by hosting a solar home party.

What are solar home parties?

A party that gets(...)

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New Zealand farmers making money from farming solar

New Zealand farmers making money from farming solar

For farmers, investing in power seems to be the perfect balance of off-setting carbon emissions and saving money on energy bills.

People that benefit the most from solar power(...)

Posted on in Solar Power New Zealand

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Meridian's solar buyback rates are now in place

Meridian's solar buyback rates are now in place

This buyback rates listed below are now out of date.  For Meridian's current buyback rates click here.

As of the 8th of April 2013, Meridian's new pricing scheme for people(...)

Posted on in Solar Power New Zealand

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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