Monday’s budget held good news for solar buyers throughout Victoria, but the town of Newstead had an additional reason to celebrate with the honouring of an election commitment.
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$545 million For Solar Homes Package In Victorian Budget 2019/20
The Victorian Budget 2019/20 sees $545 million allocated towards rolling out the next phase of the state’s $1.3 billion Solar Homes Package, which for solar power system subsidies restarts in July.
[Continue reading…]ABC 7:30 Report On Shonky Solar: Fair Comment Or Beat-up?
Who saw the 7:30 report last night? Its lead story was questioning the safety and quality of the Australian solar power industry. Leigh Sales promised to reveal “the dark side of Australia’s solar obsession”.
[Continue reading…]SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 17 – Bureaucracy, Batteries And Beans
Finn and Ronald cover the outcome of the recent election, solar rebates in Victoria, REC’s new solar panels, Ronald’s New Energy Tech Consumer Code submission, beans and more.
[Continue reading…]ACT Feed-in Tariff Audit Could End With More Customer Refunds
We assume ACT solar installers already know that Evoenergy has had data problems, but we thought we’d take a look at what’s going on in case solar feed-in tariff schemes run into issues anywhere else.
[Continue reading…]Angus Taylor – Minister For Lowering Electricity Prices *And* Emissions
Angus Taylor, the “Minister for Lowering Electricity Prices” is now also the minister for getting emissions down, or doing stuff that appears to achieve that.
[Continue reading…]Solar Powering Huggies Production Plant
Kimberly-Clark has flipped the switch on huge rooftop solar power system that will generate equivalent to 15% of the electricity used by its Huggies diaper (nappy) and baby wipe factory in Tuas, Singapore.
[Continue reading…]Solar Power For Orange Regional Airport
Orange Regional Airport’s new solar power system won’t be a particularly big ‘un, but every panel and every clean kilowatt-hour counts.
[Continue reading…]The New Energy Tech Consumer Code — I Submit!
On Friday I wrote about how the New Energy Tech Consumer Code was seeking submissions. Given its current state I said it could definitely do with some, so I’ve typed up mine and and put it below.
[Continue reading…]Solar Energy Key To Achieving Electricity Access For All
The world is falling short of meeting UN global energy targets states a new report, but solar power can play a bigger role in helping it get there.
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