{"id":15435,"date":"2017-09-28T07:37:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T21:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=15435"},"modified":"2017-09-28T07:37:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T21:07:29","slug":"sunmate-diverter-funding-mb0228","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunmate-diverter-funding-mb0228\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Solar Hot Water Diverter Company Scores Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Victorian Government recently announced a $100,000 grant for a local producer of hot water diverter devices to assist it in increasing production.<\/p>\n

Australian Wind And Solar’s SunMate enables the redirecting of surplus renewable energy, such as that from a home solar power system, to heat water.<\/p>\n

The company currently produces around 500 units of its SunMate<\/a> device a year. The funding, along with a $398,000 investment from the company, will see a facility built to design and assemble the SunMate locally in Victoria and production boosted to more than 1,000 units annually.<\/p>\n

The funding was announced last week by Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D\u2019Ambrosio as part of the second round of the Government\u2019s $20 million New Energy Jobs Fund (NEJF) grants. The initiative provides businesses with grants of up to $1 million to support projects that boost access to renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cProjects such as this illustrate how the Andrews Labor Government\u2019s New Energy Jobs Fund is helping create jobs and improve renewable energy capabilities,” said<\/a> Minister D’Ambrosio.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in solar hot water diverters, SQ blogger Ronald has recently published a number of posts on these types of devices and water heating generally that are well worth checking out:<\/p>\n