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  • Annual power savings for a typical Sunshine Coast home

    In this blog I will look at a Sunshine Coast home with reasonably large power consumption that had a 6.6kW system installed by The Sun Works Solar ...
  • Why fans in solar inverters are a good thing

    Solar Inverters contain a lot of electronic circuitry and this needs to be kept cool in order to function properly. As a general rule heat has a si...
  • REC Alpha Series solar panel unveiled at Intersolar Europe

    REC, the leading European brand of solar panels has unveiled its ground breaking new solar panel at Intersolar Europe. The REC Alpha series delive...
  • Sunshine Coast solar power system return on your investment

    Here at The Sun Works, we are often asked if it is worth installing a solar power system and how much will it return. Every Sunshine Coast home is ...
  • REC Solar Panels now with 20 year product warranty

    We are pleased to advise that effective immediately REC TwinPeak 2 and REC N-Peak Solar panels will now come with an industry leading 20 year produ...
  • REC TwinPeak 2 Mono solar panels coming to Australia

    REC have advised that their latest model solar panel, the 300watt REC TwinPeak 2 Mono will be available in Australia from April/May 2019. The REC T...
  • 17.60kW solar power system installed on the Sunshine Coast

    D & M were concerned about rising energy costs and wanted to install a large Sunshine Coast solar power system on their home to offset the runn...
  • Cheap solar – its cheap for a reason

    We have just had a call from a Sunshine Coast resident who had an Enphase solar system installed by a national company that advertises really cheap...
  • LG v REC Solar Panels – which should you choose?

    LG have led the charge with premium quality LG solar panels for several years and, until recently, they haven’t really had a serious contender. Ho...
  • Off-Grid Solar installed at Fishermans Pocket

    J and S contacted us as they were building a new home on a beautiful block of land in Fishermans Pocket (just north of Gympie) and needed an off-gr...