James Martin

How “flexible exports” will save us from the Big Solar Button

South Australia's current grid woes give us a feel for the state of rooftop solar management ‘in the wild’ –…

November 21, 2022

Battery storage can get where it’s going with incentives and VPPs

It's not subsidies or rebates, but tangible benefits like virtual power plant participation revenue and energy self-reliance that will make…

July 31, 2019

Household battery storage incentive schemes: What's available and where

If you pay attention to battery storage and smart distributed energy in Australia, you might have whiplash from the seemingly…

November 30, 2018

Adding solar or batteries to an existing system? This might help

Adding more solar and/or batteries to your rooftop solar system is a complicated business. We have put together a tool to narrow down…

March 21, 2018

Happiness is a post-solar electricity bill (Farewell to 2017)

So much for the idea of rooftop solar being a scam. Having panels on my roof is saving me a…

December 21, 2017

Solar & battery storage: Choosing the right system size

Choosing the right battery size for your home solar and storage system can be really complicated. Here are some tips…

December 14, 2017

Battery storage price index: November 2017

Solar Choice has published its first Battery Storage Price Index – a generalised view of what it costs to have…

November 22, 2017

Sonnen’s ‘free’ / flat-rate electricity plan looks great. Is it worth it?

How does Sonnenflat stacks up against the alternatives, like doing nothing; going solar, or; going with another solar & battery…

July 7, 2017

Why a 5kW solar system probably isn’t ‘too big’ for your home

Two of the most popular residential solar PV system sizes in Australia are 3kW and 5kW. Which system size is…

May 24, 2017

2017: The year battery storage started to make sense

To be ‘worth it’ or to ‘break even’ – that is the question around residential battery storage at the moment.…

March 22, 2017