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Tips for Easy Solar Panel Installation You Need to Know

Solar panel installation is becoming an increasingly accessible prospect for homeowners. Solar panels are more inexpensive than ever and provide an economically sustainable way to power your home. As expected, solar panel installation is an important process, where it’s in the best interest of the homeowner to understand what’s going on.

Budgeting, finding the right company, using the proper…

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Meralco: Electricity bills will be higher this month

DISTRIBUTION utility Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) announced on Thursday a slight increase in the overall electricity rates for March to P10.4961 per kilowatt-hour (/kWh), up by P0.0894/kWh from the P10.4067/kWh in February.

Meralco, which earlier reported a 4.6% rise in its customer base to 6.61 million, said the increase translates in a P18 rise in the total monthly bill of a typical…

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Duterte: I’ve fulfilled my promises in electricity

Except for untangling the traffic gridlocks on EDSA, President Duterte says he has delivered on all of his campaign promises.

He noted that Fidel Ramos was given special authority to solve the country’s electricity woes upon assuming the presidency in 1992.

“Wala akong…

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What happens to solar panels when it doesn’t work anymore?

Solar panels are made to last. Barring damage from natural disasters or accidents, modern solar panels have an expected lifetime of 25-30 years, and some of the first commercially-available panels have crossed that milestone and are still operating almost as well as they did when new.

Nearly all solar panels in the world were installed after 2009, and come with a guarantee that they’ll produce…

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How Do Solar Panels Hold Up In a Storm?

Does worrying about the durability of solar panels during extreme weather kept you from investing in a solar energy system?

This article is to tell you that you have a lot less to worry about than you think.

Solar panels undergo plenty of testing as they are designed and developed and, after the past few years, we have had the opportunity to gather data about the ability of solar panels to…

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#solar energy #solar energy Philippines #solar in storm #solar power

How Many Solar Panels Do You Need: Panel Size and Output Factors

Determining how many solar panels you’ll need for your home means first knowing what your goals are. Do you want to minimize your carbon footprint? Maximize your return on your investment? Save as much money as possible? Most people want to save money while minimizing their environmental impact.

To calculate how many solar panels you need, you need to know the following: how much energy your…

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Pros and Cons of String Inverters vs Micro Inverters

What is a String Inverter?

A standard inverter (also known as a string-inverter or central inverter) is a standalone box that is typically installed close to your fuse box and electricity meter. There is typically only one, or possibly two, string inverters on each residential solar installation.

Micro-inverters perform the same basic function but are installed underneath each panel on your…

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Average electricity price in PHL 2nd highest in Asia

The country’s average electricity price for residential customers is the second highest in Asia as of January this year, according to a Perth-based consulting firm that specializes in providing power market advisory services in the Asia-Pacific region.

Meanwhile, Meralco announced on Tuesday that power rates for August slightly went up by P0.0265 per kWh to P10.2190 per kWh as generation…

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Toyota Santa Rosa plant installs 1-megawatt solar array

Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMP) recently inaugurated a new 1-megawatt (MW) Solar Array at their manufacturing and assembly plant in Santa Rosa City, Laguna. The 1-MW Solar Array is one of TMP’s major initiatives to minimize its carbon footprint and reduce the effect of climate change, based on the global Toyota Environmental Challenge TEC 2050.

“This project has come a long way…

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Puerto Princesa’s hybrid power plant to start operation next year

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — A 2.4-megawatt hybrid power plant designed to operate as a 100-percent renewable energy source in the future is expected to begin operation at the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP) in the second quarter of 2019.

It is a project of the Sabang Renewable Energy Corporation (SREC) at Sitio Sabang, Barangay Cabayugan, home of the “underground…

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Solar panels, batteries stolen from 7 public schools in Palawan

Undetermined units of solar panels and deep cycle batteries used to power up computers were stolen from seven elementary and secondary public schools in two municipalities in southern Palawan.

Grace Estefano, information officer of the local Department of Education (DepEd), said Tuesday night that they are now seeking an investigation, with the help of the police, of “what appears to be a…

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Solar Panel Wiring : Do you wire solar panels in series or parallel?

As a homeowner who is just learning about solar energy options, it is easy to get confused with all the technical terms you might read or hear about, especially when doing diy solar panel wiring.

Your installer is likely to mention different ways that arrays of solar panels are wired with their pv solar panel wiring diagram. And your first thought might be that it does not matter how they are…

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Duterte commits P41-B for Philippines solar-powered irrigation projects

President Rodrigo Duterte has committed PHP41 billion for the establishment of a solar-powered irrigation system in the Philippines in the next three years, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said.

“The idea of providing water by big irrigation system is actually an age-old idea. What we need are small irrigation systems because we have small landholdings,” he told participants of Tuesday’s…

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First Philippine floating solar farm launched

Floating solar farms are more technically efficient than ground-mounted projects because the cooling effect of the surrounding water on the panels makes the panels produce more energy. As an archipelago with bodies of water, the Philippines has a huge potential for floating solar farms.

According to a recent report, a 10 kilowatt-peak (kWp) floating solar farm was commissioned on Laguna Lake…

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How to Maximise your Solar PV Potential

In days gone by, when the sun went down, your solar solution became ineffective. The potential to connect a battery to your inverter means those days could be a thing of the past.

There are a few steps to making the most of solar power. A tailored solution to ensure your solar system meets your energy needs and requirements is a start. Then, just like our cars, solar systems require cleaning…

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#maximise solar potential #solar energy Philippines

19.7MW renewable energy project to rise in Isabela

CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela, Oct. 11 (PIA) – A 19.7 mega watt run-of-river renewable energy project will soon rise in Isabela after a Memorandum of Agreement was signed Wednesday, October 10, 2018 between the Provincial Government of Isabela and the Rio Norte Hydro Power Corporation (RNHC).

Present during the signing of MoA were Isabela Gov. Faustino G. Dy III, Echague town Mayor Francis Faustino…

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ERC to release net metering for micro-grid system rules before the year ends

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is targeting to release the revised rules on net metering and, at the same time, issue the second draft rules governing the micro-grid system before the year ends.

“We are revising the net metering rules. There have been concerns raised so we are moving to refine some provisions. The complaints we received were mostly on pricing and lack of protection,”…

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