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Tales From The Customer Frontline: How Rocco Was Burned By Feed-in Tariff/Hot Water Rules, And Won

September 3, 2019 2019-09-04T09:55:20 by 15 Comments
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Updated with comment from United Energy: A tale brought to our attention by reader Rocco is a handy reminder customers and retailers need to read the fine print of their solar feed-in-tariff contracts – and also brought to our attention how complex wholesaler and retailer rules can get.

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Amerisolar Panels To Be De-listed By CEC (Again)

September 3, 2019 2019-09-03T07:55:18 by 1 Comment
Amerisolar PV module delisting

Australia’s Clean Energy Council announced last night all Amerisolar solar panels will be removed from the CEC approved modules list this week.

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SolarQuotes Vodcast Ep. 28 – Unshitting Solar Subsidies

September 3, 2019 2019-09-03T06:43:09 by Leave a Comment
SolarQuotes vodcast episode 28

Finn and Ronald discuss changes to the Victorian Solar Homes rebate program, the smart use of solar by USC, Hyundai’s panel warranty boost, best and worst reviews, and more.

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More Solar Power For South Melbourne Market

September 2, 2019 2019-09-02T07:49:28 by Leave a Comment
Solar energy at South Melbourne Market

City of Port Phillip council has had an additional 612 solar panels installed on the rooftop of South Melbourne Market.

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Victorian Solar Rebate Release This Morning

September 2, 2019 2019-09-03T20:49:20 by 4 Comments
Victoria rebate for solar panels

The first tranche of September’s boosted allocation of rebates for home solar power in Victoria will be released at 9am this morning – so, an interesting day (hours?) ahead.

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Canberra’s Battery Subsidy Is Up To $24,450

August 30, 2019 2024-12-10T08:43:22 by 16 Comments
act battery rebate

Do you live in the ACT and want the highest solar battery rebate in Australia?  Well, you can’t have it! The only way you can get that is to move your ACT arse to SA.  If you come to Adelaide be sure to bring some kangaroos with you because, unlike Canberra, we never see them […]

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USC To Save $100 Million With Solar + Energy Storage

August 30, 2019 2019-08-30T06:16:29 by Leave a Comment
USC solar energy and storage

Queensland Energy Minister Dr Anthony Lynham “flicked the switch” on the University of the Sunshine Coast’s major solar and energy storage rollout yesterday – a project set to save USC a big bundle of bucks.

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Australia’s First Operational Reclaimed Landfill Solar Farm

August 29, 2019 2023-07-31T13:54:51 by Leave a Comment
Solar farm at Albury landfill

What’s claimed to be Australia’s first solar farm built on a capped landfill site has been commissioned in Albury, New South Wales.

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City Of Adelaide (Council) Declares Climate Emergency

August 29, 2019 2019-08-29T06:50:01 by 11 Comments
City of Adelaide - Climate Emergency

With the addition of Adelaide on Tuesday, five of Australia’s capital city CBD councils have now declared a climate emergency.

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NEWSFLASH – Big Boost To Victorian Solar Rebate Allocations

August 28, 2019 2019-08-28T17:47:32 by 6 Comments
Victorian solar rebate update

The Victorian Government has listened to the concerns of the community and the state’s residential solar power sector, announcing this morning a major increase in solar panel rebate allocations for next month.

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