{"id":56256,"date":"2021-11-23T05:24:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T18:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=56256"},"modified":"2021-11-23T05:24:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T18:54:08","slug":"wa-solar-schools-mb2244","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/","title":{"rendered":"WA’s Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Solar<\/p>\n

Western Australia’s McGowan Government has officially launched a fund for installing solar panels, batteries and virtual power plants at public schools across the State.<\/p>\n

Aiming to help reduce energy costs in public schools and lower carbon emissions, the State Government announced the Clean Energy Technology Fund back in September as part of the 2021-22 State Budget. The initiative was an election promise and the package was originally to be worth $40 million – now it’s $44.6 million.<\/p>\n

To be run over 4 years, the first round kicked off on Thursday. Schools need to apply for the program and winners of the initial round will be announced early in Term 1 next year; with completion of projects by June 30, 2022. There will be two rounds per year over the next three financial years.<\/p>\n

Schools successful in their application will have a solar energy system installed “that caters for their needs” and will be matched with energy providers to ensure grid stability. Where solar panels may not be appropriate, alternative tech will be considered to help schools rein in energy costs, such as LED and smart lighting.<\/p>\n

As well as clean electricity, the systems will provide STEM learning opportunities for students and teachers.<\/p>\n

“The Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund will help schools better manage their energy use and help them save on their power bills,” said WA Energy Minister Bill Johnston<\/a>. “This fund is an important part of the McGowan Government’s Distributed Energy Resources Roadmap, which is helping transition towards a greener, cleaner energy future.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wasn’t able to find *how* and *where* schools apply for it or further details about the program – the WA Department of Education web site only had a brief blurb about it<\/a> at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

Other WA Solar School Programs<\/h2>\n

The fund also supports WA’s Solar Schools Program and the Virtual Power Plant battery program trial, which are other elements of the Roadmap.<\/p>\n

The Solar Schools Program<\/a> is installing solar power systems at 30 regional public schools throughout Western Australia under a $5 million package. The collective capacity of the systems will be 2.1MW and assuming all going to plan, the installations will be finalised around June next year.<\/p>\n

The Virtual Power Plant trial is another PV related program that has also been boosted<\/a>. Originally a $4.4 million initiative to transform up to 10 schools into Virtual Power Plants (VPPs)<\/a>, the program now has $8.8 million and will reach 16 schools.<\/p>\n

Released in April 2020, the McGowan Government’s Distributed Energy Resources Roadmap is a five-year plan to guide the integration of distributed energy resources (DER) including solar panels, battery storage and electric vehicles in WA.<\/p>\n

Western Australia has enjoyed strong rooftop solar power uptake largely thanks to Perth having the cheapest solar in Australia<\/a>, which helps to offset WA’s crappy feed-in tariff. According to the Clean Energy Council, electricity from rooftop solar power systems in WA accounted for nearly two-thirds of total electricity generation in the state in recent weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Western Australia’s McGowan Government has officially launched a fund for installing solar panels, batteries and virtual power plants at public schools across the State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":56257,"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-56256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWA's Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund Launched<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WA's McGowan Government launches fund for installing solar panels, batteries and virtual power plants at public schools across 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-schools-mb2244\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WA's Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund Launched\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WA's McGowan Government launches fund for installing solar panels, batteries and virtual power plants at public schools across the State.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-11-22T18:54:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/solar-wa-schools.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\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"WA’s Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund Launched\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-22T18:54:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/\"},\"wordCount\":499,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/solar-wa-schools.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar & Storage News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/\",\"name\":\"WA's Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund Launched\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/solar-wa-schools.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-22T18:54:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"WA's McGowan Government launches fund for installing solar panels, batteries and virtual power plants at public schools across the State.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/solar-wa-schools.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/solar-wa-schools.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Solar energy - schools in Western Australia\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"General Solar & Storage News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"WA’s Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund Launched\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes Blog\",\"description\":\"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"width\":592,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"SolarQuotes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/\",\"https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\",\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Michael Bloch\"},\"description\":\"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"WA's Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund Launched","description":"WA's McGowan Government launches fund for installing solar panels, batteries and virtual power plants at public schools across the State.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"WA's Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund Launched","og_description":"WA's McGowan Government launches fund for installing solar panels, batteries and virtual power plants at public schools across the State.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2021-11-22T18:54:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/solar-wa-schools.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Bloch","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@solar_quotes","twitter_site":"@solar_quotes","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Bloch","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1"},"headline":"WA’s Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund Launched","datePublished":"2021-11-22T18:54:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/"},"wordCount":499,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/solar-wa-schools.jpg","articleSection":["General Solar & Storage News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/","name":"WA's Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund Launched","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/solar-wa-schools.jpg","datePublished":"2021-11-22T18:54:08+00:00","description":"WA's McGowan Government launches fund for installing solar panels, batteries and virtual power plants at public schools across the State.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/solar-wa-schools.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/solar-wa-schools.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Solar energy - schools in Western Australia"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2244\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"General Solar & Storage News","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"WA’s Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund Launched"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","name":"SolarQuotes Blog","description":"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization","name":"SolarQuotes","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","width":592,"height":600,"caption":"SolarQuotes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/","https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1","name":"Michael Bloch","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","caption":"Michael Bloch"},"description":"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/solar-wa-schools.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-eDm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64391,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-solar-schools-mb2592\/","url_meta":{"origin":56256,"position":0},"title":"WA Going Gangbusters On Solar Schools","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"August 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Another 96 schools in Western Australia are getting solar panels through the McGowan Government's $44.6 million Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund. The McGowan Government originally announced the\u00a0initiative back in September last year as part of its 2021-22 State Budget; fulfilling an election promise. The Clean Energy Technology Fund was formally\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Schools Clean Energy Technology Fund","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-wa-schools.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-wa-schools.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-wa-schools.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-wa-schools.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/solar-wa-schools.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49710,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tas-liberal-solar-mb1972\/","url_meta":{"origin":56256,"position":1},"title":"Tasmanian Liberals Pledge Cash For Solar Schools","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"April 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Not to be outdone by Tasmanian Labor, the Tasmanian Liberals have committed to investing in solar power systems for all government schools in the state. The state's voters will go to the polls this Saturday - and the Tasmanian Liberals have released a flurry of commitments in the lead-up. Among\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar schools - Tasmania","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/solar-schools-tasmania.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/solar-schools-tasmania.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/solar-schools-tasmania.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/solar-schools-tasmania.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/solar-schools-tasmania.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41594,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-storage-wa-recovery-mb1617\/","url_meta":{"origin":56256,"position":2},"title":"Solar + Energy Storage To Help Power WA Economic Recovery","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"July 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Western Australia's McGowan Government yesterday announced a $66.3 million renewable energy focused package to help boost the state\u2019s economy. The package is part of the $5.5 billion WA Recovery Plan released on Sunday, which is designed to drive economic and social recovery across Western Australia and create a pipeline of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar and energy storage - WA recovery plan","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wa-recovery-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wa-recovery-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wa-recovery-solar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wa-recovery-solar.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wa-recovery-solar.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43634,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-communities-solar-mb1704\/","url_meta":{"origin":56256,"position":3},"title":"Victorian Community Groups Get Cash For Solar Projects","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"October 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"More than $1 million in grants have been announced as part of Round five of the Victorian Government's New Energy Jobs Fund that will support hundreds of kilowatts of new PV and hundreds of kilowatt-hours of battery storage capacity. The $20 million New Energy Jobs Fund, part of the Andrews\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Community solar project funding in Victoria","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/solar-funding-victoria.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/solar-funding-victoria.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/solar-funding-victoria.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/solar-funding-victoria.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/solar-funding-victoria.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12141,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-yarram-gippsland-mb0064\/","url_meta":{"origin":56256,"position":4},"title":"Gippsland Getting Solar Funding","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"June 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Victoria's Government via the Latrobe Valley Authority is providing funds for a solar power system installation at Yarram Recreation Reserve and other PV projects. Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D\u2019Ambrosio announced the $24,375 grant from the Latrobe Valley Authority\u2019s $20 million Community Facility Fund on Friday. 93\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar panels for Yarram, Victoria","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solar-panels-yarram.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solar-panels-yarram.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solar-panels-yarram.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43184,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-schools-wa-mb1681\/","url_meta":{"origin":56256,"position":5},"title":"Solar Panels For Schools In Regional Western Australia","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"September 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"30 regional public schools throughout Western Australia are to have solar panels installed under a $5 million McGowan Government program. To be delivered by WA's Department of Education and Horizon Power, the rollout is part of the state's $200 million School Maintenance Blitz announced last year. According to the McGowan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar Schools - Western Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/solar-schools-wa.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/solar-schools-wa.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/solar-schools-wa.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/solar-schools-wa.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/solar-schools-wa.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56259,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56256\/revisions\/56259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}