Off grid solar power components

Energy Matters’ range of quality remote solar power components have been carefully selected through years of hands-on experience in the renewable energy industry in remote locations. We’ve searched and tested turbines, panels and associated equipment from around the world in order to offer equipment you can rely on in an off grid application.

Our substantial buying power and ability to bypass the middleman by negotiating direct with manufacturers means we can offer the best pricing on off grid equipment; further reduced by subsidies if eligible!

Solar panels are the most expensive aspect of a solar power system, but with our buying power, we can offer you top quality panels with a 20+ year guarantee for prices far below many of our competitors. Whether it’s polycrystalline, thin film or monocrystalline solar panels you need, Energy Matters has you covered!

All the solar panels we offer comply with IEC 61215, the International Electrical Commission’s standard for Solar Panels. The IEC 61215 is the international certificate of quality and long durability. 

To protect your battery investment, you need a quality solar regulator that provides maximum efficiency and won’t give up in Australia’s harsh conditions. Energy Matters stocks the world’s best brands such as Morningstar, Steca, Plasmatronics and Apollo Solar.

offgrid-deep-cycle-battery Energy Matters range of flooded, AGM and Gel deep cycle batteries have been tried and tested in Australian remote power systems in order to assure you of the maximum life and performance for your money. We have the largest range of 2v, 4v, 6v, 12v, 24v and 48 volt deep cycle batteries in the country!

Inverters are the heart of every solar power system. The prerequisite for a well designed system is the careful matching of modules and pv inverters. Energy Matters offers, the very best in grid connected inverters, which have been tested for years in the field and offer the highest levels of reliability, efficiency and ease of use. 

Energy Matters only offers the very best in mounting systems to ensure ease of installation and protection for your renewable energy investment. We also offer solar trackers so you can squeeze ever possible bit of energy out of the sun! 

How does a grid connected solar power system works

While the innovation behind sun based vitality may appear complex, when separated, how sun powered force works is not difficult to understand，particularly in a matrix interface situation as it just obliges a couple of segments introduced in your home or business. 

At whatever point the sun sparkles, the sun based cells produce power. The framework interface pv inverter changes over the DC power delivered by the sun oriented boards into 240V AC power, which can then be utilized by the property/family unit. 

The sun sparkles on the sun based boards producing DC electricity；then the DC power is nourished into a sun oriented inverter that changes over it to 240V 50Hz AC power, and the 240V AC power is utilized to power apparatuses in your home，at last ,surplus power is bolstered go into the primary matrix. 

On the off chance that a framework associate framework is creating more power than is being expended, the surplus is bolstered into the mains power matrix. Some power organizations will meter the power encouraged into the framework by your framework and give a credit on your bill. 

At the point when the sun powered cells are not creating force, for instance around evening time, your energy is supplied by the mains power lattice of course. The vitality retailer charges the normal rate for the force utilized. 

As the majority of the segments in a network unite framework have no moving parts, you can expect a long and bother free life from your sunlight based force framework! Liberal government renewable vitality discounts mean you can likewise spare thousands on a matrix join framework for a restricted time! 

Most clients pick a top mounted close planetary system. For a large portion of Australia, the modules ought to be introduced confronting north to exploit the sun; however a west-bound establishment might likewise be attractive. 

As everybody's requirements are distinctive and the era capability of sun oriented force contrasts from spot to place , a snappy route is to utilize our free sun powered quote framework to focus the expense and assessed profit of an establishment, you can likewise take in more about sun oriented force framework measuring.

Use some social media to promote solar energy

The solar energy fans who spent a lot of time on  facebook may have noticed how the use of solar topic page number mushroomed in the past year or so. Whether there may be more than facebook's loose and personal safety, and apparently can not be organized IPO, solar companies concerned and other renewable energy sector obviously feel it provides an excellent platform to promote the game changing renewable energy characteristics.

It can be said of other social media platforms. The ability to obtain fast and cheap to get the reader's news item or product innovation is likely to use the forum and the main advantage of social media. Perhaps another reader, the platform provides valuable interaction.

SolarQuotes no different, we would have ran informative Facebook Page running in the installation of solar systems, interactive questionnaire and a link to this page to keep fans informed solar events, such as new innovations or news and information on the latest tariff Government concessions.

Of particular interest to readers from SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock regular series who, with his experience in the solar industry, keeping out of the wisdom of these issues by the bucket load optimal solar system to meet your house or how to choose suitable pv inverter or how to avoid the dreaded solar cowboy.

The correspondents are being considered, because he signed the importance of a new solar forum SolaMaps social media resources and solar energy on the weekend. The site claims that brings together people interested in solar energy, solar fan looks like a solar system, whether they use to find out more details or just interested in a good resource center. SolaMaps says its purpose is to bring together people who are interested in solar energy to share ideas, news, thoughts, etc., liken it to a coffee shop solar fan.

Which platform do you prefer? Facebook's? LinkedIn? Twitter's? Do you think Google plus social media, "the new kid on the block" to help spread the word solar comments are also welcome?

2015 will see an increase the role of China in the solar energy

When we look at the future of renewable energy in the year and try to divine the development of the solar market in Australia, we will get the first conclusion, one is the importance of neighboring countries. I'm talking about here continuously, China in solar energy in Australia.

It is no exaggeration to say that cheap, high-quality solar panels from China has to promote domestic demand in Australia's solar panels. Despite the vast solar farms and abundant sunshine, Australia lags behind the rest of renewable energy in the world. We did not take our rightful place, one leader, to develop large-scale renewable energy in the world.

Perhaps the most obvious is that the government does not act, only that offensive, in favor of support for pollution and increasingly expensive fossil fuels, solar energy industry policy. Refused to support the solar industry, which deprives some form of investor uncertainty, "boom and bust" approach now familiar in the market has been very popular.

Mistaken for us "punch above our weight" from all the problems of international diplomacy, to sporting events, for energy policy. But really, this may be for other areas, it lacks credibility when it comes to renewable energy and climate policies. Here, we are content to sit and let the world take the lead, it appears, with a modest rise of successive governments of the door.

Ordinary Australians know when they are in is a good thing. Although by tariff support almost disappeared throughout the country, Australians have found the key to China's solar panel installation is affordable solar home systems. For this reason, we are well over one million families are powered by solar energy systems. A remarkable achievement.

According to some analysts, although the supply of affordable panel has driven from the consumer, "crushed" Australian solar market, which also hampers - even destroy - Australia photovoltaic solar panel manufacturers in the production. This is not only a phenomenon in Australia. From countries such as the United States, who are not exactly angels when it comes to subsidies to export industries gain a competitive advantage looming trade war called protectionism.

"I believe that the sun will be at the forefront of this technological progress. Solar is rapidly becoming more affordable," he said. "The cost of solar power is now 50% lower than it was three years ago." "The cost of solar power generation in China has dropped to less than 1.4 trillion yuan per kilowatt-hour, if we continue this trend, I expect that in 3-5 years the cost of solar power generation will be close to a coal-fired power," Lee added.

2015 will see an increase in the role of China in the solar energy in Australia? If so, this is a good or bad factors in our development of the renewable energy industry, you can add your thoughts below.

Know the dominant renewable energy in future

Urbanization, population growth, energy security concerns and strong economic development led to the production of rare earth can grow around the world, according to Frost & Sullivan. A new report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan predicts the global renewable energy capacity will more than double, from 15.66 million kilowatts in 2012 to 32.03 million kilowatts, in 2025 the average annual growth rate of 5.7%.

Global production capacity of hydropower rise in 2012, up from 10.85 million kilowatts to 14.98 million kilowatts by 2025, China, Turkey, Brazil, Vietnam, India and Russia strongly contribute to growth. In the wind power market, offshore wind power will see lower than expected growth of political support weakened, forecast in Europe, Frost & Sullivan's. With small wind turbines to open up new application areas, global wind power capacity in 2012 from 2.79 million kilowatts levels reached 8.14 million kilowatts, 2025.

In addition, solar photovoltaic technology is expected to account for 33.4% of the total renewable energy capacity addition during the 2012-2025's. Followed by 32.7% in the wind, leading to 25.3% hydropower. Other renewable energy technologies will represent the remaining 8.6% increase in production capacity.

In its annual Renewable Energy Outlook 2014, Frost & Sullivan says, in a significant renewable energy policy developments in the past decade. Previously, less than 50 countries worldwide support policies for renewable energy, this figure is currently more than 130.

As a result of political and financial support, investment in renewable energy has risen sharply, the report found. The EU also set binding targets by 2020, therefore, the Member States have set up renewable energy consumption goal, from 10% in Malta to 49% in Sweden to 20% will come from renewable energy of the total energy consumption of the Group.

However, Frost & Sullivan says, in many parts of the world economic difficulties affected the prospects for renewable energy. In many of the western world, the weak economic environment has affected the support plan, which will continue to be the lifeblood of many renewable energy installations, until the realization of grid parity.

It is little wonder that renewable energy installations have seen a gradual shift in market power to emerging economies. In consideration of urbanization, renewable energy production, such as Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa are increasingly promoting population growth, energy security, as well as strong economic growth, the region can grow.

The cost of renewable energy, due to the decline in technological innovation and achieve economies of scale through large-scale deployment of these technologies have been adopted in developing countries, the report found. In fact, the global solar power capacity is due from 937,000 kilowatts, in 2012 but grew to 6.684 million kilowatts by 2025, while the solar PV is experiencing a boom, massive price declines have greatly weakened the concentrating solar power market growth prospects.

The price and manufacturers in solar inverter market

There are two main solar inverters in the market now, independent solar inverters and Grid tied solar inverter: independent solar inverters are used in the system, rather than to grid. Inverter absorb energy from the solar power source. Many independent inverter is attached batteries.

Grid tied solar inverter is a plurality of solar inverter is designed to be connected to the utility grid, and does not operate in that they do not detect the presence of the grid. They contain special circuitry to precisely match the voltage and frequency of the grid. Grid-tie inverter is designed to automatically shut down in the city lost, for security reasons. They are not practical outages.

In the solar inverter market is seeing price competition and even solar panels have begun to stabilize increasing pressure. The solar inverter solar module manufacturers is not much room to reduce, as most panel makers still a loss and gross margin remained close to double-digit levels low price.

But in the past few years, the dominant player in the inverter, such as SMA Solar have seen their share and profitability of Chinese enterprises to enter the field. Relatively slow to enter the competition, but with the increasing importance of the Asian market, lower-cost Chinese enterprises to rapidly increase its market share. This leads to a consolidation of the western solar inverter industry, such as the company's Power-One company was acquired by ABB bankruptcy and smaller inverter manufacturers. Even larger, such as SMA Solar are not spared.

SMA Solar, Germany's largest solar company lost market share to the new solar inverter manufacturers in the United States and China. SMA Solar held a dominant 40% of the global solar inverter market share in 2010, compared with none of the management of more than 10% market share in the solar panel manufacturer. However, SMA Solar feel the heat of competition, solar prices continue to decline steadily. Chinese solar inverter business has captured the global market share of large-scale block, because foreign companies have a tough time competing in China.

This will become increasingly difficult solar inverter business, with 2013 revenue is expected to shrink due to a substantial erosion of the average price of solar inverter. Even in the amount of the increase, prices have come down overall revenue erosion means that the following formula: Volume X Price = revenue IHS report, the solar inverter revenue fell 9 percent this year, the average selling price of utilities have in frequency market fell sharply. 

The price of solar inverter utility market is 12C / W, in Western markets, they are 50% lower in India and China, such as low-cost market. This shows that the pain will continue for the solar inverter company, we may see more bankruptcies in the Western world, companies can not compete in this price. Western companies will bring the best service by moving its Asia-Pacific manufacturing center, otherwise it will reach the same fate as the solar module companies, such as Q-Cells and Solarworld's company. This will also help them to better serve customers, the largest solar markets, such as Japan and China. SMA Solar has purchased a Chinese solar inverter company, but it remains to be seen if it can be completely on their own transition to a targeted strategy in Asia.

Solar inverter sales for a wide range depending on the quality, brand and the features. In general European solar inverter SMA, Xantrex company sold a higher price than from China makers. The Chinese solar inverter is the cheapest price you can buy a five kilowatts of solar inverter $ 1,500 compared to $ 5,000 from SMA. Power a premium solar inverter falls in between, it provides better quality and reliability compared to China and sales at a lower price as well.