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June was another busy period for the Australian rooftop solar installation sector, but not quite as hectic as May. [Read more…]
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The ACCC Wants To Lower Electricity Prices Even If It Kills You
Ending the “Solar Rebate” will save households $18 per year and kill people. Nice one ACCC.
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, or ACCC, published a report last Wednesday titled Restoring electricity affordability and Australia’s competitive advantage. Michael alerted people about it here and wrote more here. The opening lines of the report don’t pull any punches and begins with: [Read more…]
NEWSFLASH: ACCC Wants Solar Subsidy Axed
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Solar supporters are in shock after an ACCC report published this morning recommended Australia’s small-scale renewable energy scheme should be wound down and abolished by 2021. [Read more…]
Installers Invited To Register EOI For Logan Solar Power Rollout
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Queensland’s Palaszczuk Government is inviting expressions of interest from companies keen to participate in a solar power system rollout in Logan. [Read more…]
Victoria’s New Time Varying Solar Feed-In Tariff Is Worth Getting
As of 1 July 2018 there is a new, optional, feed-in-tariff in Victoria that changes through the day.
A new type of solar feed-in tariff is now available in Victoria. It’s called a time varying tariff and the amount of money it pays for solar electricity depends on the time of day it’s sent into the grid. It is worth less during off-peak periods, more during shoulder periods, and the most during peak periods. [Read more…]
Europe’s First Dedicated Solar Panel Recycling Plant Opens
The first dedicated solar panel recycling facility in Europe has been opened by environmental services company Veolia in Rousset, France. [Read more…]
QLD Solar Loans Program Kicks Off – Battery Grants On The Horizon
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The Palaszczuk Government has announced the launch of interest free solar loans for Queensland households, plus a few more details have been released on upcoming battery and solar + storage support. [Read more…]
Massive Solar + Storage Facility For South Australia To Proceed
The necessary approvals have been granted for the Solar River Project – a huge solar + battery storage facility to be constructed in South Australia’s Mid-North. [Read more…]
Solar Power: The Technology Of Australia’s Middle Class
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A new report confirms what many already know – the most prevalent driving factor in Australia for adopting solar power appears to be reducing current electricity bills and acting as a hedge against further potential price rises. [Read more…]
Worrisome Results From Canberra’s Battery Test Centre
Canberra’s Battery Test Centre has been going a couple of years now. What do the results so far tell us about the state of the home battery market?
I am very happy. I just found out there is a battery testing centre in Canberra. Who would have thought there would be something useful in Canberra? Besides, of course, for the Federal Government and the bureaucracy that’s necessary for the functioning of a modern representative democracy.1 [Read more…]
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