{"id":48101,"date":"2021-03-04T07:21:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T20:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=48101"},"modified":"2021-03-04T07:21:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T20:51:03","slug":"stp-solar-australia-mb1893","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stp-solar-australia-mb1893\/","title":{"rendered":"The STP And Going Solar In Australia In 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stp-solar-australia.png\" alt=\"Small-scale Technology Percentage and solar in Australia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stp-solar-australia.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stp-solar-australia-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stp-solar-australia-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stp-solar-australia-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Clean Energy Regulator has announced the Small-scale Technology Percentage (STP) for 2021 &#8211; here&#8217;s what that means for Australians considering going solar.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar rebate<\/a>&#8221; is based on Small-scale Technology Certificates (STCs) that are created for eligible solar power system installations. The number of certificates accompanying a system depends on its solar panel capacity, where the system is installed and the year of installation.<\/p>\n<p>While STCs can&#8217;t be created until after a system is installed, they are usually traded for a point-of-sale discount. The solar business or its agent then sells the STCs created after the installation to liable entities &#8211; primarily electricity retailers &#8211; that are required to purchase them.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, the Small-scale Technology Percentage (STP) is adjusted, which determines the number of STCs electricity retailers must\u00a0surrender to meet their obligations under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES).<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the Clean Energy Regulator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au\/RET\/Scheme-participants-and-industry\/the-small-scale-technology-percentage\">announced<\/a> the STP has been set at 28.80% for 2021. Liable entities will be required to surrender approximately 50.6 million STCs.<\/p>\n<p>The following shows the Regulator&#8217;s STP settings for the last few years<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stp-solar-australia-mb1442\/\">2020<\/a>: 24.40 per cent\u00a0 (~42.6 million STCs)<\/li>\n<li>2019:\u00a0 21.73 per cent (~37.4 million STCs)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stp-solar-2018-mb0525\/\">2018<\/a>: 17.08 per cent (~29.3 million STCs)<\/li>\n<li>2017: 7.01 per cent (~12.5 million STCs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What Does This Mean For The Solar Rebate?<\/h2>\n<p>The value of STCs varies according to market conditions. The maximum possible value of a certificate is $40 and the minimum is $0. Over the last year, STC value has remained above $37 and prior to the Regulator&#8217;s announcement, spot prices for STCs were around $38.75 on March 1.<\/p>\n<p>Conditions supporting a high STC value include a high level of demand from liable entities, and there will be that element this year. There will also be large supply given the ongoing popularity of scale-solar solar power. But this will be counteracted somewhat by the ongoing phaseout of the solar rebate that results in systems being eligible for fewer STCs from January 1 each year until 2030, after which STCs won&#8217;t be issued.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <span class=\"hgKElc\">a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/6kw\/\">6.6kw solar system<\/a> installed in Sydney on December 31 last year was eligible for 100 STCs. On January 1 this year, that dropped to 91 certificates, and it will drop to 82 on January 1, 2021 &#8211; and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hgKElc\">It seems conditions should be present in 2021 to maintain high STC spot prices &#8211; but this is not set in stone. In 2017, prices dropped to around the $29 mark at one point due to consistent oversupply and this had a significant impact on the level of subsidy available. If you&#8217;re still contemplating going <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">solar<\/a>, it&#8217;s worth keeping tabs on STC prices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On a related note, SolarQuotes&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/tools\/stc_calculator\/\">STC calculator<\/a> will show you how many STCs a system will be eligible for and indicate how much the subsidy could be, based on a STC value setting you can customise. You can view current STC spot prices on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.demandmanager.com.au\/certificate-prices\/\">DemandManager<\/a>. Bear in mind a solar business may charge a fee for handling the creation and sale of the certificates so it can provide the up-front discount (i.e. the &#8220;rebate&#8221;).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clean Energy Regulator has announced the Small-scale Technology Percentage (STP) for 2021 &#8211; here&#8217;s what that means for Australians considering going solar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":48102,"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-48101","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>The STP And Going Solar In Australia In 2021 - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Clean Energy Regulator announces Small-scale Technology Percentage for 2021 - here&#039;s what that means for Australians considering going solar.\" \/>\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\/stp-solar-australia-mb1893\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The STP And Going Solar In Australia In 2021\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Clean Energy Regulator announces Small-scale Technology Percentage for 2021 - here&#039;s what that means for Australians considering going solar.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stp-solar-australia-mb1893\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-03-03T20:51:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stp-solar-australia.png\" \/>\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\/png\" \/>\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\/stp-solar-australia-mb1893\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stp-solar-australia-mb1893\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"The STP And Going Solar In Australia In 2021\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-03T20:51:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stp-solar-australia-mb1893\/\"},\"wordCount\":502,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/stp-solar-australia-mb1893\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stp-solar-australia.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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