{"id":42804,"date":"2020-09-03T06:29:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T19:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=42804"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:23:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T04:53:45","slug":"solar-social-housing-qld-mb1668","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-social-housing-qld-mb1668\/","title":{"rendered":"emPOWER Homes &#8211; Solar For Social Housing In Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/empower-homes-solar.jpg\" alt=\"Empower Homes Solar Scheme\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/empower-homes-solar.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/empower-homes-solar-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/empower-homes-solar-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/empower-homes-solar-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) has jointly launched a proposal that would see solar panels installed and energy efficiency upgrades performed on social housing across the state.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>QCOSS is Queensland\u2019s peak body for the social service sector; carrying out advocacy and policy development. It has joined with <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Solar Citizens and Queensland Conservation Council in proposing the $215 million initiative called emPOWER Homes, which also has the support of organisations including the Clean Energy Council, WWF, and St Vincent de Paul Society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The program wouldn&#8217;t just benefit residents of social housing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The economic challenge of the COVID-19 crisis means\u00a0more Queenslanders than ever\u00a0are\u00a0under financial pressure,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qcoss.org.au\/industry-community-services-and-environmental-organisations-unite-for-stimulus-project-to-create-jobs-and-drive-down-energy-bills\/\">says<\/a> QCOSS CEO Aimee McVeigh. \u201cThis proposal\u00a0would create\u00a01,800\u00a0jobs\u00a0and save Queenslanders on low incomes up to\u00a0$1,100 per year\u00a0on their electricity bills\u00a0that they could\u00a0then\u00a0spend in their local economies.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">Solar Citizens says the rollout would <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">increase solar capacity in Queensland by more than 50MW, helping the State Government reach its target of 50% of energy generation coming from renewable sources by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How the $215 million would be spent:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$12 million for engagement and energy audits<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$50 million for rooftop solar panels<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$153 million for energy efficiency upgrades<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qcoss.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/emPOWER-Homes-proposal-FA.pdf\">proposal outline<\/a> states the first $100 million would be spent as soon as possible to stimulate the economy, with the remaining funds to be spent over three years.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear how many houses would get solar panels or what sized systems, but based on the savings mentioned for PV (up to $730 annually) and the investment involved, I peg it at around 20,000 2.5 kilowatt or 16,500 3 kilowatt systems &#8211; but that&#8217;s based on the $730 being the full savings. Regardless of what the real numbers are, the program would keep participating solar installers busy.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 50,250 households in social housing would be included in the emPOWER Homes program, representing 75 percent of all social housing dwellings.<\/p>\n<p>If the &#8220;emPOWER Homes&#8221; name sounds familiar that&#8217;s probably because it&#8217;s very similar to NSW&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nsw-empowering-homes-mb1336\/\">Empowering Homes<\/a>; which is a completely different program offering interest-free loans to selected households for solar + storage and battery systems.<\/p>\n<h2>QLD&#8217;s Solar On Public Housing Trial<\/h2>\n<p>Installing solar panels on public housing in Queensland wouldn&#8217;t be a new thing &#8211; back in 2017, the State Government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunnysavers-public-housing-solar-mb0199\/\">announced a trial<\/a> involving up to 2,300 households. By March 2018, <span id=\"releaseContent1\">350 households\u00a0<\/span> in Cairns and Rockhampton<span id=\"releaseContent1\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-public-housing-qld-mb0516\/\">had systems installed<\/a> and Logan was next in line.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"releaseContent1\">Since 2018, there&#8217;s been little published about the program. The last update indicates &#8220;installations in the Logan trial are expected to start by the middle of 2020&#8221;, but it&#8217;s not clear if that has commenced. <\/span>Results from the trial were to inform a decision as to whether the program can be expanded to other areas across Queensland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) has jointly launched a proposal that would see solar panels installed and energy efficiency upgrades performed on social housing across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":42805,"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-42804","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>emPOWER Homes - Solar For Social Housing In Queensland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"QCOSS has launched a proposal that would see solar panels installed and energy efficiency upgrades performed on social housing across QLD.\" \/>\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\/solar-social-housing-qld-mb1668\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"emPOWER Homes - Solar For Social Housing In Queensland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"QCOSS has launched a proposal that would see solar panels installed and energy efficiency upgrades performed on social housing across QLD.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-social-housing-qld-mb1668\/\" \/>\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=\"2020-09-02T19:59:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-02T04:53:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/empower-homes-solar.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\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\/solar-social-housing-qld-mb1668\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-social-housing-qld-mb1668\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"emPOWER Homes &#8211; 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