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$26 million in funding will be made available through the Greener Government Buildings program for solar power installations and energy efficiency upgrades at hospitals and regional health services in Victoria.
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Victoria’s Government Applauded For Renewable Energy Push
Renewable Energy (Jobs and Investment) Bill 2017 To Drive Victoria’s Clean Energy Future
Legislation for new renewable energy targets, major solar farm contracts and Australia’s largest renewable energy auction – it was a big day in Victoria yesterday for renewables.
Victorian Hydrogen Refuelling Station Will Use Wind And Solar Power
Waste collection trucks to be powered by rain, wind and sun | Image: Orderinchaos, CC BY-SA 3.0
Victoria’s Moreland City Council has received government funding for an ambitious project to transition its diesel-fuelled waste trucks to hydrogen extracted using wind and solar power.
Victorian Community Power Hub Groups Announced
Image: Bendigo Sustainability Group via Facebook
Victoria’s Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change has announced host organisations for pilot community power hubs, plus renewable energy and energy efficiency funding for resource-strapped regional councils.
Surplus Renewable Energy Certificates To Pay For Victoria’s Desalinated Water
Victorian Desalination Plant, Wonthaggi | Image: Google Maps
The Victorian Government says the water order from the Victorian Desalination Plant for 2017/8 will be 15 gigalitres, but Melbourne households won’t be slugged with additional water bill charges.
Victorian Budget 2017/18 – Energy
Where the bucks are going in 2017/18 for energy – Image: cogdogblog, CC0 (Public Domain)
More than $155 million has been earmarked over the 2017/18 period to go towards securing Victoria’s energy supplies.
Solar Hot Water Subsidies For Victorians
Power Your Hot Shower With Solar – Image: Nicole-Koehler, CC BY-SA 3.0
Households and businesses in Victoria can still take advantage of added incentives for upgrading their gas and electric hot water systems to solar units.
Victoria’s Residential Demand Tariffs: Designed To Cripple Rooftop Solar?
The Victorian demand tariff appears to be a cunning plan to slow the spread of solar.
Residential demand tariffs are now available in Australia, and I recommend you watch out for them. If you are a modest user of grid electricity, as many solar owners are, they have the ability to blow your electricity bill through the ceiling. [Read more…]
The role of renewables in the Victorian election
Were Victorians Sick Of the Liberal’s Anti Renewables Agenda?
Sometimes satire says it best. As one superbly entertaining online news company put it, this week saw the Victorian electorate dump “Whatisname” in favour of “Thatotherguy”. Labor’s Daniel Andrews (“Thatotherguy”) gave the federal Liberals a huge shake when he ousted the Liberal Party’s Denis Napthine, the first time since 1955 that a Victorian government has been ousted in one term. However we at SolarQuotes are digging deeper, asking how much the federal government’s prolonged and rasping attack on renewable energy played its part in the Vic Libs’ stunning loss. [Read more…]
Victorian Feed In Tariff is a Joke
The Victorian parliament is set to vote in the new feed-in tariff laws as early as Wednesday. The proposition of this legislation has angered a great deal of green campaigners and supporters of renewable energy.
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