{"id":85896,"date":"2024-08-12T05:52:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T20:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=85896"},"modified":"2025-03-12T10:44:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T01:14:47","slug":"solar-homes-success-mb2983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-homes-success-mb2983\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Government Celebrates Solar Homes Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/victoria-solar-homes.jpg\" alt=\"Victoria's Solar Homes program\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/victoria-solar-homes.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/victoria-solar-homes-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/victoria-solar-homes-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/victoria-solar-homes-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>350,000 solar panel, hot water, and battery systems have been installed with the support of rebates and interest-free loans under Victoria&#8217;s Solar Homes program says the Allan Labor Government.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2018, the $1.3 billion program is being run over 10 years and is responsible for 13 per cent of total renewable energy capacity installed in the state currently. Other achievements of the program to date include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delivering 2 gigawatts of capacity.<\/li>\n<li>A cumulative 6.5 gigawatt-hours of energy<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-homes-success-mb2983\/#en-85896-1' id='enref-85896-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(85896)'>1<\/a><\/sup> generated by solar panels installed under the program. <strong>ADDED:<\/strong> A commenter has pointed out (and I should have spotted it from the get-go as it&#8217;s a rookie error) that the amount of energy generated doesn&#8217;t match up to the capacity installed &#8211; it should be far higher. I&#8217;ve contacted the Victorian Government for a clarification\/correction.<\/li>\n<li>Solar is now installed on 30 per cent of Victorian homes, up from 14 per cent prior to the program&#8217;s commencement.<\/li>\n<li>Supporting 5,500 jobs.<\/li>\n<li>Delivering free up-skilling training to plumbers and electricians.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We\u2019re putting money back in the pockets of Victorians \u2013 helping save hundreds of thousands of families millions of dollars every year,&#8221; said Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premier.vic.gov.au\/suns-shining-thanks-solar-home-savings\">According to<\/a> the announcement, families to have benefited are collectively saving $279 million annually off their energy bills.<\/p>\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/cities\/melbourne\/\">Melbourne<\/a> suburbs are seeing much higher saturation rates than the state average; with Tarneit, Truganina, Werribee and Hoppers Crossing said to have more than 44% of homes with solar installed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMelbourne\u2019s west is proud to top the state in rooftop solar installations, powering our state\u2019s renewables revolution,&#8221; said Member for Laverton Sarah Connolly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the state&#8217;s regions, Mildura and Shepparton lead in uptake, followed by Wodonga, Wangaratta and Wallan.<\/p>\n<h2>Program&#8217;s Popularity Endures<\/h2>\n<p>While experiencing its share of challenges, particularly in earlier years, the program continues to be embraced by Victorians. The State Government says the last year has been the biggest for the initiative. In July alone there were 7,873 approved applications; among which were 4,435 successful applications for rooftop solar and 3,125 solar hot water approvals.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur popular Solar Homes program is delivering cheaper renewable energy \u2013 slashing power bills and slashing emissions,&#8221; said Victorian Minister for Energy Lily D\u2019Ambrosio.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Solar Homes Incentives Currently On Offer<\/h2>\n<p>The centrepiece of the program is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/victorian-solar-rebate.html\">Victorian solar panel rebate<\/a>, which offers a subsidy of up to $1,400 and a further $1,400 interest-free loan option. Victorians can double-dip, taking advantage of the national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar rebate<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>For home energy storage, there&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solar.vic.gov.au\/solar-battery-loan\"> interest-free loan<\/a> of up to $8,800 for the installation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\"> solar battery system<\/a>; repaid monthly over 4 years. In total, 2,000 home battery loan applications had been approved by June this year. At the time of writing, there were 1,905 interest-free loans left for the 2024\/25 financial year.<\/p>\n<p>Also available is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solar.vic.gov.au\/hot-water-rebate\"> rebate of up to $1,000<\/a> to replace an existing hot water system with an eligible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/hot-water\/heat-pump\/\"> heat pump<\/a> or solar hot water system &#8211; but note if a property has already received a battery (or hot water) rebate, it won&#8217;t be eligible for this.<\/p>\n<p>For eligible rental providers\/landlords, they can score a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solar.vic.gov.au\/solar-rebates-rental-properties\">rebate of up to $1,400<\/a> for the installation of solar PV systems on a maximum of two rental properties each financial year. There&#8217;s also a rebate of up to $1,400 per tenancy for not-for-profit community housing organisations (CHOs). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-community-housing-mb2951\/\">More than 1,000 tenancies<\/a> have benefited from this incentive so far.<\/p>\n<p>Overseeing the program is Solar Victoria, which is also administering other initiatives including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/vic-solar-apartments-mb2975\/\">Solar for Apartments program<\/a>. This provides funding of up to $2,800 per apartment to install PV. Round 2 of the program kicks off sometime this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>350,000 solar panel, hot water, and battery systems have been installed with the support of rebates and interest-free loans under Victoria&#8217;s Solar Homes program says the Allan Labor Government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":85897,"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-85896","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>Victorian Government Celebrates Solar Homes Success<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"350,000 solar panel, hot water, and battery systems have been installed under Victoria&#039;s Solar Homes incentives program.\" \/>\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-homes-success-mb2983\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Victorian Government Celebrates Solar Homes Success\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"350,000 solar panel, hot water, and battery systems have been installed under Victoria&#039;s Solar Homes incentives program.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-homes-success-mb2983\/\" \/>\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=\"2024-08-11T20:22:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-12T01:14:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/victoria-solar-homes.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-homes-success-mb2983\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-homes-success-mb2983\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Victorian Government Celebrates Solar Homes Success\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-11T20:22:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-12T01:14:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-homes-success-mb2983\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":615,\"commentCount\":4,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-homes-success-mb2983\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/victoria-solar-homes.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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