{"id":60870,"date":"2022-04-13T06:27:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=60870"},"modified":"2022-04-13T06:27:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:57:19","slug":"solar-port-adelaide-enfield-mb2431","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-port-adelaide-enfield-mb2431\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar And Battery Grants Available To Port Adelaide Enfield Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/port-adelaide-enfield-solar.jpg\" alt=\"City of Port Adelaide Enfield solar grants\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/port-adelaide-enfield-solar.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/port-adelaide-enfield-solar-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/port-adelaide-enfield-solar-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/port-adelaide-enfield-solar-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Port Adelaide Enfield Council has kicked off a pilot subsidy scheme to support small-to-medium enterprise investment in solar power and other green initiatives.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The City of Port Adelaide Enfield is one of the largest metropolitan councils within South Australia. Covering inner north and north-western suburbs of Adelaide; the LGA is home to more than 129,000 people and to a bunch of businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Council&#8217;s pilot Green Business Incentive Scheme is looking to support projects in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Renewable energy<\/li>\n<li>Energy efficiency<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable transport<\/li>\n<li>Plantings<\/li>\n<li>Water efficient irrigation systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and other initiatives aligning the aims of the scheme &#8211; reducing the City&#8217;s greenhouse gas emissions, reducing urban heat and boosting its tree canopy.<\/p>\n<h2>Subsidies For Solar And Batteries<\/h2>\n<p>On the renewable energy side of things, SMEs can apply for up to maximum of 50% of the cost (to a maximum of $5,000) for solar power systems or for battery systems. I&#8217;m not totally clear on whether a total of $10,000 may be available for installing both as Council mentions up to 10k can be applied for across the various themes, and these items exist within a single theme.<\/p>\n<p>This is a competitive grant scheme &#8211; under the pilot this financial year, total available funding is $75,000. Applications for this round close on May 20, with assessments to begin soon after. It&#8217;s expected applicants will know the outcome of their application within 3 weeks of the closing date, and those successful will be awarded their grant funding before June 30.<\/p>\n<p>More information on City of Port Adelaide Enfield&#8217;s Green Business Incentive Scheme along with eligibility and application details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofpae.sa.gov.au\/community\/grants\/green-business-incentive-scheme\/green-business-incentive-scheme\">can be found here<\/a>. The scheme will run for a further two years after this round, with the next call for applications in November 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>Solar Energy In Port Adelaide Enfield LGA<\/h2>\n<p>The local government area is well represented in terms of solar installations, estimated by the Australian Photovoltaic Institute to be more than 22,400 and boasting a collective capacity greater than 135MW as at the end of December last year. In what would be considered the small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/commercial-solar-guide.html\">commercial solar<\/a> segment (10kW to 100kW capacity), there have been around\u00a0 1,469 installations for a total capacity of approximately 36.3MW.<\/p>\n<p>As for Council&#8217;s own efforts, it says the organisation has installed 14 rooftop systems on its buildings with a combined total capacity of 490kW. Among Council assets with solar panels installed is the Civic Centre in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/port-adelaide-5015-sa\/\">Port Adelaide<\/a> (pictured above).<\/p>\n<p>Even at the small end of the commercial solar range, a 10kW system installed in the Port Adelaide Enfield area can be expected to generate around 16,500 kWh of clean electricity a year. Assuming normal business hours, payback can be achieved within just a few years &#8211; and with Council&#8217;s generous subsidy, even more rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>Just as a guideline on price, a good quality 10kW commercial solar installation currently costs between $10,000 \u2013 $13,000, the upper end of the range being for best-in-class components installed by a particularly fastidious installer. Costs for a 20-30kW system may be as low as $700 a kilowatt.<\/p>\n<p>Solar is a slam-dunk business decision for most commercial enterprises with a suitable rooftop, with or without City of Port Adelaide Enfield&#8217;s grant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Port Adelaide Enfield Council has kicked off a pilot subsidy scheme to support small-to-medium enterprise investment in solar power and other green initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":60871,"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-60870","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>Solar And Battery Grants Available To Port Adelaide Enfield Businesses<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Port Adelaide Enfield Council has kicked off a pilot subsidy scheme to support SME investment in solar power and other green initiatives.\" \/>\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-port-adelaide-enfield-mb2431\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solar And Battery Grants Available To Port Adelaide Enfield Businesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Port Adelaide Enfield Council has kicked off a pilot subsidy scheme to support SME investment in solar power and other green initiatives.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-port-adelaide-enfield-mb2431\/\" \/>\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=\"2022-04-12T19:57:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/port-adelaide-enfield-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-port-adelaide-enfield-mb2431\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-port-adelaide-enfield-mb2431\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Solar And Battery Grants Available To Port Adelaide Enfield Businesses\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-12T19:57:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-port-adelaide-enfield-mb2431\/\"},\"wordCount\":529,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-port-adelaide-enfield-mb2431\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/port-adelaide-enfield-solar.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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