{"id":38145,"date":"2020-03-16T06:51:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T20:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=38145"},"modified":"2024-10-04T06:30:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T21:00:48","slug":"nsw-net-zero-solar-mb1446","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nsw-net-zero-solar-mb1446\/","title":{"rendered":"New South Wales&#8217; Net Zero Plan Stage 1 Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsw-net-zero-solar.jpg\" alt=\"NSW Net Zero Plan Stage 1: 2020\u20132030\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsw-net-zero-solar.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsw-net-zero-solar-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsw-net-zero-solar-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/nsw-net-zero-solar-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The NSW Government says its economy will see $11.6 billion of private investment and thousands of new jobs under Stage 1 of its plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Stage 1, which covers the period out to 2030, was announced on the weekend by Energy and Environment Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/matt-kean-awareness-mb1375\/\"> Matt Kean<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Kean said under Stage 1:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Household electricity prices will fall by $40 per year.<\/li>\n<li>Regional businesses will have access to new technologies and markets.<\/li>\n<li>There will be support for industry to modernise and boost productivity.<\/li>\n<li>Residents of the state will have access to more information to assist them in making financially and environmentally sustainable choices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhere there are technologies that can reduce both our emissions and costs for households and businesses, we want to roll them out across the State,&#8221; stated Minister Kean &#8221; Where these technologies are not yet commercial, we want to invest in their development so they will be available in the decades to come.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Stage One And Solar Energy<\/h2>\n<p>Solar energy will play an important role in Stage 1 and subsequent stages of the NSW Government&#8217;s plan.<\/p>\n<p>Specific references to solar power in the document include the fast-tracking of Renewable Energy Zones, which will involve expanding transmission infrastructure into those regions to service renewable energy projects such as solar farms.<\/p>\n<p>Also mentioned is potentially extending initiatives such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-low-income-nsw-mb0791\/\"> Solar for Low Income Households<\/a> program. This was launched in 2018 and we haven&#8217;t heard a lot about it since. The <a href=\"https:\/\/energysaver.nsw.gov.au\/households\/solar-and-battery-power\/solar-low-income-households\"> current trial<\/a> is only available to up to 3000 low-income households in selected NSW regions and obviously uptake hasn&#8217;t been particularly brisk given applications are still open. Under the program, eligible households can swap their Low-Income Household Rebate for 10 years for a 3kW solar power system (previously 2.5kW).<\/p>\n<p>The Stage 1 document also states motorists will be provided with an option to offset their vehicle\u2019s carbon emissions when they register their car each year. These offsets will be invested in NSW-based projects, such as providing solar power to remote communities.<\/p>\n<p>Also briefly mentioned is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nsw-solar-battery-scheme-mb1427\/\"> Empowering Homes pilot<\/a> that is intended to eventually support 300,000 NSW households in installing solar-battery systems through the provision of interest-free loans.<\/p>\n<p>With regard to its own efforts, the NSW Government spends around $400 million a year on electricity; so it has a bit of clout in the market.\u00a0 The NSW Government Resource Efficiency Policy (GREP) requires public sector agencies &#8220;to use resource-efficient technologies and services to reduce costs and lead by example.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The GREP is to be tweaked under Stage 1, and this includes more than doubling the NSW government&#8217;s PV target from 55,000 to 126,000 megawatt-hours by 2024. State government rooftops and other spaces will also be offered to third parties for the installation of solar panels.<\/p>\n<p>The Net Zero Plan Stage 1: 2020\u20132030 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.environment.nsw.gov.au\/-\/media\/OEH\/Corporate-Site\/Documents\/Climate-change\/net-zero-plan-2020-2030-200057.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=D65AA226F83B8113382956470EF649A31C74AAA7\">can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government says its economy will see $11.6 billion of private investment and thousands of new jobs under Stage 1 of its plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":38146,"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-38145","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 v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New South Wales&#039; 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