If you read our blog articles or follow us on Facebook you will know that we have long said that reducing electricity costs should include a range of activities such as tariff optimisation, efficiency upgrades, behaviour change, automation, energy audits, and power factor correction.  These should be done as well as solar and battery storage, […]

I thought I’d use this blog article to take the opportunity to show off the variety of services we offer at Tropical Energy Solutions. We are an Energy Management company, not just a solar installer, and we have a range of services that can reduce your electricity costs.  Used together, in a planned and strategic […]

OK, that’s a cheesy image for this article – I do apologise. In this blog I’m going to introduce a new way that Ergon will be allowing solar systems to connect to their network. In the near future Ergon will be offering “Dynamic Connections” which will allow customers to export more electricity to the network […]

For quite some time now we have all been told that solar power is THE way to reduce electricity bills. While solar is a logical step towards achieving cost savings, it’s not the only thing you can do.  And for some people, it’s not the best thing you can do. Depending on your customer classification, […]

  Fortunately, our politicians have swung into action to resolve the problem.  Unfortunately, this has mostly been by doing what they do best – blame everyone else and push their own agenda. Here is a VERY simplified explanation of what has happened so far: There is a shortage of coal due to high demand, the […]

In March I wrote a blog article about the price increases based on the QCA’s draft determination.  The final determination has now been released and it’s a lot worse than we first thought.  The following image is from their information booklet and shows what customers can expect from 1 July. NOTE: Actual costs will be […]

This is a tale of personal experience.  I have a solar system on my roof that was installed about 12 years ago.  Over the years pigeons came and went.  I have a high set house, the roof is steep, and it has a solar reflective coating.  All of which conspires to making it a particularly […]

Originally posted as 10 individual social media posts, we thought we would wrap them all up in one place. We talk to customers every day and these are things we know most people are unaware of. Have a read and give us a call to find out how we can help you manage your electricity […]

It’s that time of year when the Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) releases its draft determination on electricity prices for regional Queensland for the upcoming financial year. And it doesn’t look great. After two consecutive years of price decreases, all tariff prices are looking at increasing this year.  For residential customers the cost increase is expected […]

Tropical Energy Solutions isn’t just a solar company.  We are an energy management company, offering a broad range of cost saving services.  Power Factor Correction is one of them. Changes to the way Ergon Energy charge customers have created an opportunity to reduce electricity costs through Power Factor Correction. In the past Ergon Energy’s large […]