{"id":2527,"date":"2013-05-19T13:05:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T02:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2017-10-25T10:15:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:45:30","slug":"solar-and-the-dreaded-budget-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-and-the-dreaded-budget-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar and the dreaded budget (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2528\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/House_of_Reps_Doorway.Credit.-SimonEast.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2528\" class=\" wp-image-2528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/House_of_Reps_Doorway.Credit.-SimonEast.jpg\" alt=\"House_of_Reps_Doorway.Credit. SimonEast\" width=\"288\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will solar suffer in the Battle for Bums on Seats?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All solar fans\u2019 eyes were turned to the budget this week as Treasurer Wayne \u201cThe Knife\u201d Swan brought down his sixth budget (gee doesn\u2019t time fly Swanny?). So how did solar energy (and renewables in general) fare in the Budget? Did we do OK ? Or was it a case of solar energy being once again the target as cuts are made?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The answer, if you look around the preliminary press reports is yes and no (as Sir Humphrey of Yes Minister fame would no doubt have said). While the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clean Energy Council (CEC)<\/a> came charging out of the sheds with all guns blazing (to mix my metaphors a little) others felt solar and other renewable energy programs weren\u2019t as hard hit as expected.<\/p>\n<p>The CEC\u2019s main point of course was that Government fiddling around with the funding for the supposed arm\u2019s length <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arena.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Renewable Energy Agency<\/a> (ARENA) will only create further uncertainty in the solar energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cARENA was set up with support from all major political parties to be at arm\u2019s length from government, to provide much-needed investment confidence in home-grown technology development right here in Australia,\u201d said Clean Energy Council Deputy Chief Executive Kane Thornton in a May 14 press release. And you have to agree with the logic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, funding for ARENA to the tune of $370 million has been postponed until 2020, and the process to put that money back on the table is unclear. This doesn\u2019t send a good message to those companies wanting to develop cutting-edge renewable energy technologies in Australia, and could see those companies take their business elsewhere.\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au\/cec\/mediaevents\/media-releases\/May-2013\/130514-Federal-Budget.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full press release here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However the other side of the renewables budgetary coin was expressed best by Greens\u2019 leader Christine Milne who seemed to base her argument on the (generally accepted) premise that if you think this was bad, wait till you see what \u201cTeapot\u201d Tony Abbott, \u201cSloppy\u201d Joe Hockey and their merry bunch of climate deniers have in store for us.<\/p>\n<p>Fair enough or is this a bit harsh readers?<\/p>\n<p>Of course that\u2019s the real point isn\u2019t it folks? Swanny and his mates (including the pro-solar Greens) have got about as much chance of being re-elected as I have of winning Miss World so its the policies of Her Majesty\u2019s Loyal Opposition that will really impact the solar energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>Here it gets grim readers. The latest is that \u201cSloppy\u201d Joe only this week has refused to commit to funding the latest in renewable energy developments. This of course without without releasing any specific details. If recent conservative State governments\u2019 \u201cslash and burn\u201d policies are anything to go by, the Sloppy One and the Mad Monk will wreak a series of cutbacks of biblical proportions as soon as their bums hit the Treasury benches.<\/p>\n<p>Or again am I being too harsh folks? Have your say either here in the comments or over at our Facebook Page.<\/p>\n<p>Onwards and upwards readers&#8230;:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All solar fans\u2019 eyes were turned to the budget this week as Treasurer Wayne \u201cThe Knife\u201d Swan brought down his sixth budget (gee doesn\u2019t time fly Swanny?). So how did solar energy (and renewables in general) fare in the Budget? Did we do OK ? 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