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With Labor out of the way in South Australia, a barrier to the adoption of the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) has been removed. But it remains Australia may be better served in terms of emissions reduction without it. [Read more…]
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Tony Abbott And Craig Kelly Want Frydenberg To Fiddle With His Small-scale Knob
Tony Abbott And Craig Kelly Want Frydenberg To Adjust The Small-scale Technology Percentage
Tony Abbott recently made a comment about the STCs that reduce the cost of rooftop solar to households and are commonly called the “solar rebate“1. Guess what he wants to do with them? Do you need a hint? Tell you what, I’ll make it easy for you and put it in the form of a multiple choice question. [Read more…]
The SA Election: Energy Policies Compared
On Saturday the 17th of March South Australians will head to school, church, the RSL, or where ever their local polling booth happens to be to cast their ballot in the state government election. I’ve already received the piece of colored paper I’m supposed to bring with me so I can vote. It’s very different from the good old days in Queensland when the only paper you needed to make your vote count was brown and in the form of a bag full of cash. [Read more…]
Craig Kelly (Again) Applies Pressure To Slash Australia’s Solar Subsidy
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Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg is being pressured by NSW Liberal MP Craig Kelly to act on reducing Australia’s solar subsidy, which could be relatively easily done by tinkering with an important mechanism. [Read more…]
Australia’s University Of New England’s Solar + Storage Project Approved
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The University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales has received the green light for construction of a solar farm that will also incorporate battery storage. [Read more…]
A Sting In The Tail Of QLD’s No-Interest Solar And Battery Loans Program
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The upcoming Queensland Government’s “no-interest” solar and battery loans program holds an unpleasant surprise for some installers looking forward to a bit of extra work – and it will limit consumer choice. [Read more…]
South Australia’s Electricity Has Always Been Expensive
In South Australia we pay a lot for electricity.
If you feel the need to respond to that statement by saying, “Well, whoop-de-doo! We pay a lot for electricity in Newcastle,” I will understand. All Australians pay too much for household electricity. This is true whether you look at historical prices or at countries you’d expect us to be similar to such as the United States or Canada. [Read more…]
Western Australia’s Emu Downs Solar Farm Completed
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced on Friday completion of Emu Downs Solar Farm, which is located approximately 200 kilometres north of Perth and 30 kilometres east of Cervantes. [Read more…]
More Solar Power For University Of Newcastle
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2018 will see Australia’s University of Newcastle (UON) boost its solar power street cred significantly with more PV to be installed at its Callaghan and Ourimbah campuses. [Read more…]
Ronald’s Hints, Tips, And Tricks For Commercial Solar
Here at SolarQuotes we’ve put together a resource on commercial solar power called:
If you have a business but no solar panels, it’s made for you. Or if you work at a business without solar and want some cred for suggesting a money saving idea you may want to run your eyeballs over it for that reason. It’s full of solid advice and I highly recommend it. The only way I could recommend it more is if I wrote it myself. And I didn’t do that because I actually had no involvement with it at all. [Read more…]
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