Category: Residential

LEADING BY EXAMPLE: TROPICAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS’ ELECTRICITY BILLS

Here at Tropical Energy Solutions we don’t just provide energy management and cost savings for our customers, we live it. Last year we out grew our office and moved to new digs at 1 Carse St, Hyde Park.  The new site was a run down office and workshop, which we fitted out to suit our […]

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Category: Residential

WHAT IS SOLAR MODULE EFFICIENCY, AND DOES IT REALLY MATTER?

WHAT IS SOLAR MODULE EFFICIENCY? Solar module efficiency can be defined as the amount of solar energy (ie sunlight) which hits the surface of a solar module and is converted into electricity.  It is expressed as a percentage. This brings us to our first important point.  We are talking about solar module efficiency, not solar […]

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Category: Residential

HOW WE USE AND PAY FOR ELECTRICITY (PART 2)

HOW WE PAY FOR ELECTRICITY In the last article we discussed how we use electricity and explained the difference between demand and consumption. In this article I will attempt to explain how we pay for electricity.  The two articles are very much linked as we all pay for electricity consumption, some of us pay different […]

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Category: Residential

HOW WE USE & PAY FOR ELECTRICITY (PART 1)

HOW WE USE ELECTRICITY I’m splitting this article in two as there is quite a bit to cover.  Let’s start with understanding how you use electricity (which I understand will confuse some people – surely we all use electricity the same way, you switch something on and it uses electricity, right?).  What we mean here […]

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Category: Residential

CHOOSING A SOLAR POWER SYSTEM FOR YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS

Solar power systems have been around for a while now and it’s pretty much accepted that they are a proven means of reducing your electricity bills. For most people, buying a solar system is a bit like buying a car: you want to avoid the rubbish that is going to give you problems as soon […]

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