{"id":23132,"date":"2018-07-31T07:49:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T21:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=23132"},"modified":"2018-07-31T07:49:47","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T21:19:47","slug":"wa-solar-battery-support-mb0688","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-battery-support-mb0688\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooftop Solar And Battery Support Under The Spotlight In WA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_23133\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23133\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wa-solar-power.jpg\" alt=\"Solar power in Western Australia\" width=\"700\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wa-solar-power.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wa-solar-power-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/solar-panels-green-energy-1726540\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">3444753<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Western Australia&#8217;s Energy Minister Ben Wyatt says he is examining support and incentives for solar power and battery storage in the state.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In comments made to <a href=\"https:\/\/thewest.com.au\/business\/renewable-energy\/wa-energy-minister-ben-wyatt-considers-pulling-plug-on-solar-panel-subsidies-ng-b88911006z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The West Australian<\/a>, Minister Wyatt said he was looking into the impacts of a recommendation by the ACCC to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/accc-solar-subsidy-mb0663\/\">axe Australia&#8217;s solar subsidy<\/a> prematurely. He has also directed the Public Utilities Office to examine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/feed-in-tariffs\/wa\/\">WA&#8217;s solar feed-in tariff<\/a>, the Renewable Energy Buyback Scheme (REBS).<\/p>\n<p>The West Australian report indicates the Minister may support the accelerated winding back or early axing of the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) and expressed a belief Synergy&#8217;s REBS rate of 7.1c a kilowatt hour may be too generous.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The current REBS buyback rate is currently higher than the value of solar energy during the day,&#8221; he is quoted as saying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Whether that is true depends on how solar electricity is valued, for example if avoided health costs and environmental damage are taken into account &#8211; too often these important elements are ignored.<\/p>\n<p>What could be considered a bright spot is Minister Wyatt is looking into promoting the uptake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">solar batteries<\/a> in Western Australia, as he says storage would helping maximise the use of existing infrastructure and reduce the cost of electricity supply.<\/p>\n<p>While going solar in Western Australia is a wise investment for many households and businesses, SQ&#8217;s Ronald noted in May that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/perth\/\">Perth<\/a> has the longest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-payback-times\/\">simple solar payback period<\/a> of all capital cities on the mainland.\u00a0 This is due to the level of electricity prices in the state and it having the lowest feed-in tariff in the country. Any reduction in the Renewable Energy Buyback Scheme rate could extend simple payback, however the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/cost\/\">cost of solar panels<\/a> continues to decrease and electricity prices<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-battery-support-mb0688\/#en-23132-1' id='enref-23132-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(23132)'>1<\/a><\/sup> in WA continue to increase.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest data from Australia&#8217;s Clean Energy Regulator, the number of small scale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">solar power<\/a> systems installed across Western Australia is approaching 266,000 &#8211; so any attempt to reduce the REBS rate will probably meet with significant backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Some early adopters of solar panels in WA are on much higher feed-in incentives &#8211; either 40c or 20c per kilowatt hour. There&#8217;s no indication Minister Wyatt is looking at changing the legacy arrangements, but those rates finally expire in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s been no official announcement as yet from the Western Australian Government providing further details on all this, only The West Australian&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western Australia&#8217;s Energy Minister Ben Wyatt says he is examining support and incentives for solar power and battery storage in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":23133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23132","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 v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rooftop Solar And Battery Support Under The Spotlight In Western Australia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Western Australia&#039;s Energy Minister Ben Wyatt says he is examining support and incentives for solar power and battery storage in the state.\" \/>\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\/wa-solar-battery-support-mb0688\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rooftop Solar And Battery Support Under The Spotlight In WA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Western Australia&#039;s Energy Minister Ben Wyatt says he is examining support and incentives for solar power and battery storage in the state.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-battery-support-mb0688\/\" \/>\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=\"2018-07-30T21:19:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-07-30T21:19:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wa-solar-power.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"429\" \/>\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\\\/wa-solar-battery-support-mb0688\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wa-solar-battery-support-mb0688\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Rooftop Solar And Battery Support Under The Spotlight In WA\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-30T21:19:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-30T21:19:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wa-solar-battery-support-mb0688\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":429,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wa-solar-battery-support-mb0688\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/wa-solar-power.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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