{"id":72121,"date":"2023-03-07T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T20:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=72121"},"modified":"2024-04-12T10:42:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T01:12:15","slug":"green-loans-solar-mb2852","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/green-loans-solar-mb2852\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Loans Booming At Bendigo And Adelaide Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/green-loans.jpg\" alt=\"Green loans in Australia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/green-loans.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/green-loans-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/green-loans-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/green-loans-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bendigo and Adelaide Bank state its green loans business has been going gangbusters over the past year. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/rebates-subsidies\/\">rebates and subsidies<\/a> are available for emissions-saving and energy bill-busting technologies such as solar power systems and electric vehicles, it can still be difficult finding the up-front cash needed to make a purchase. Among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solarfinance.html\">financing options for solar panels<\/a> and other energy efficient items are green loans, which usually offer lower interest rates than conventional personal\u00a0 loans.<\/p>\n<p>Bendigo and Adelaide Bank claims it was the first Australian bank to offer a green loan product, which it kicked off back in 2002.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see just how far we\u2019ve come since then, with more customers wanting to reduce their carbon footprint than ever before,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bendigobank.com.au\/media-centre\/bendigo-and-adelaide-banks-green-loan-boom\/\">said Richard Fennell<\/a>, Chief Customer Officer Consumer Banking.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bendigo and Adelaide Bank says it has seen a more than 600% increase in its green loan lending in just one year &#8211; the highest number of green loans ever settled by the Bank.<\/p>\n<p>For electric vehicles, the bank is currently offering a fixed interest rate of 4.99% p.a. (comparison rate 5.35% p.a.). The Bendigo Bank<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bendigobank.com.au\/personal\/loans\/green\/\"> green loans page<\/a> only mentions electric vehicles, but on starting an application there is an &#8220;other&#8221; option for purpose. Bendigo mentions elsewhere its green personal loan can be used to fund:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>new and used electric vehicles<\/li>\n<li>solar panels<\/li>\n<li>solar hot water<\/li>\n<li>grey water treatment systems<\/li>\n<li>double glazing<\/li>\n<li>energy efficient white goods<\/li>\n<li>solar batteries<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/\">electric vehicle charging stations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>..and more.<\/p>\n<p>Bendigo and Adelaide Bank isn&#8217;t the only show in town for green loans, so it&#8217;s wise to shop around. And on a related note..<\/p>\n<h2>CommBank Teams Up With CEFC<\/h2>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Clean Energy Finance Corporation announced on Sunday it has made a $125 million commitment to support the Commonwealth Bank\u2019s Green Home Offer.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commbank.com.au\/home-loans\/latest\/green-home-offer.html\"> Green Home Offer<\/a> provides a lower standard variable rate on owner occupied or investment home loans for building, buying or renovating a home to be more sustainable, climate resilient and energy efficient.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDiscount green home loan initiatives are a powerful tool to drive down emissions, reduce energy use and create homes that are fit for the future,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cefc.com.au\/media\/media-release\/cefc-backs-cba-green-home-offer-to-help-save-on-energy-and-emissions\/\">said<\/a> CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth. &#8220;This latest investment brings our total commitment to green home finance to $350 million since 2020, when the CEFC took the lead in supporting initiatives to boost Australia\u2019s energy efficient housing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>CommBank also offers a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commbank.com.au\/home-loans\/commbank-green-loan.html\">Green Loan<\/a>&#8221; product. This is secured fixed rate loan available for eligible clean energy products such as solar panels, home batteries and hot water systems up to a maximum of $20,000.<\/p>\n<h2>A Note On &#8220;0% Interest&#8221; Solar<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s also worth flagging you can have a solar power system installed under various Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) \u201c0% interest payment plan\u201d arrangements, which have become quite popular and also play a role in some state\/territory programs. But there can be some devil in the detail. Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/bnpl-solar-advice\/\">tricks and traps of BNPL solar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bendigo and Adelaide Bank state its green loans business has been going gangbusters over the past year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":72122,"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-72121","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 v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Green Loans Booming At Bendigo And Adelaide Bank<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bendigo and Adelaide Bank says the green loans aspect of its business has been going gangbusters over the past year.\" \/>\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\/green-loans-solar-mb2852\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Green Loans Booming At Bendigo And Adelaide Bank\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bendigo and Adelaide Bank says the green loans aspect of its business has been going gangbusters over the past year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/green-loans-solar-mb2852\/\" \/>\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=\"2023-03-06T20:30:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-12T01:12:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/green-loans.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\\\/green-loans-solar-mb2852\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/green-loans-solar-mb2852\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Green Loans Booming At Bendigo And Adelaide Bank\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-06T20:30:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-12T01:12:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/green-loans-solar-mb2852\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":499,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/green-loans-solar-mb2852\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/green-loans.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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