{"id":22986,"date":"2018-07-24T06:14:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T19:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=22986"},"modified":"2024-09-05T10:04:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T00:34:58","slug":"commercial-solar-tasmania-mb0678","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/commercial-solar-tasmania-mb0678\/","title":{"rendered":"831kW Commercial Solar Project In Tasmania Officially Opened"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_22987\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22987\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/commercial-solar-tasmania.jpg\" alt=\"Commercial solar project in Tasmania\" width=\"700\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/commercial-solar-tasmania.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/commercial-solar-tasmania-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Beon Energy Solutions<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of Tasmania&#8217;s largest commercial solar power projects has been completed and is ready to put a major dent in locally-owned freight company SRT Logistics&#8217; power bills.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Installed under a solar PV pilot between Aurora Energy, Beon Energy Solutions and SRT Logistics, the 831kW project will generate more than 1 million kilowatt-hours of clean electricity a year.<\/p>\n<p>Formally launched yesterday, the project involved 2,546 solar panels and is spread over SRT&#8217;s two distribution centers in Tasmania &#8211; one in Launceston and the other in Devonport.<\/p>\n<p>SRT Logistics CEO Robert Miller CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auroraenergy.com.au\/Aurora\/media\/pdf\/media-release\/Solar-PV-pilot-delivers-one-of-Tassie-s-largest-solar-solutions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> it was a sound business decision for his company to install solar panels.<\/p>\n<p>Tasmania&#8217;s Minister for Energy, Guy Barnett, welcomed the opening of the project and also mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tasmania-solar-review-mb0657\/\">Tasmania&#8217;s solar feed in tariff review<\/a> that recently kicked off; but said large commercial customers such as SRT won&#8217;t be impacted one way or the other as their pricing arrangements are negotiated on a commercial basis and not regulated.<\/p>\n<p>Currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/feed-in-tariffs\/tas\/\">Tasmania&#8217;s\u00a0 feed in tariff<\/a> pays a rate of 8.541 c\/kWh for small-scale systems installed after 30 August 2013. The results of the review will be implemented by 1 January 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Barnett also used the launch event to give the state&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tasmania-pumped-hydro-storage-mb669\/\">Battery of the Nation<\/a>&#8221; aspirations another plug.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We believe Tasmania is in a unique position to become the renewable energy battery of the nation, and we have a Plan to make this a reality,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Building on our current renewable energy assets will create jobs, stimulate the economy, and most importantly provide renewable, reliable, and affordable energy.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On a related note, just a reminder for households and businesses in Tasmania wanting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/quote\/\">go solar<\/a> but need a hand with finding the up-front funds required. We mentioned back in May the Tasmanian Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme (TEELS) program has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-loans-tasmania-mb0566\/\">extended until April 30 next year<\/a>. Eligible purchases include solar power systems and solar hot water installations.<\/p>\n<p>For households, the minimum finance value is $500 and the maximum value $10,000 (36 months interest-free). A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/6kw\/\">6kW solar system<\/a> currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/cost\/\">costs<\/a> between $7,000 and $9,000, assuming good quality components are used.<\/p>\n<p>For small businesses (electricity usage of less than 150 MWh per annum), the minimum finance available is $500, with a maximum of $40,000 (3 years to 5 years interest-free). Just to give a ballpark figure, small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/commercial-solar-guide.html#point3\">commercial solar<\/a> in Australia tends to cost around $1,000 &#8211; $1,300 per kilowatt installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Tasmania&#8217;s largest commercial solar power projects has been completed and is ready to put a major dent in locally-owned freight company SRT Logistics&#8217; power bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":22987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>831kW Commercial Solar Project In Tasmania Officially Opened<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of Tasmania&#039;s largest commercial solar power projects has been completed and is ready to put a major dent in a locally owned company&#039;s power bills.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/commercial-solar-tasmania-mb0678\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"831kW Commercial Solar Project In Tasmania Officially Opened\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of Tasmania&#039;s largest commercial solar power projects has been completed and is ready to put a major dent in a locally owned company&#039;s power bills.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/commercial-solar-tasmania-mb0678\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-23T19:44:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-05T00:34:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/commercial-solar-tasmania.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"453\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/commercial-solar-tasmania-mb0678\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/commercial-solar-tasmania-mb0678\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"831kW Commercial Solar Project In Tasmania Officially Opened\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-23T19:44:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-05T00:34:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/commercial-solar-tasmania-mb0678\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":407,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/commercial-solar-tasmania-mb0678\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/commercial-solar-tasmania.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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