{"id":88966,"date":"2025-01-20T04:33:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T19:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=88966"},"modified":"2025-01-20T04:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T19:03:35","slug":"adelaide-sustainability-rebates-mb3098","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/adelaide-sustainability-rebates-mb3098\/","title":{"rendered":"City Of Adelaide Sustainability Rebates Still On Offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/adelaide-sustainability-rebates.jpg\" alt=\"City of Adelaide sustainability incentives scheme\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/adelaide-sustainability-rebates.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/adelaide-sustainability-rebates-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/adelaide-sustainability-rebates-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/adelaide-sustainability-rebates-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Adelaide City Council&#8217;s long-running sustainability incentives scheme still has much on offer; including solar PV, battery, EV charger and appliance electrification rebates. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s available.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The City of Adelaide covers a small area &#8211; approximately 16km2. It&#8217;s home to around 25,000 residents but hosts 315,000 city users daily. For some years now, Council has been keen to reduce emissions generated in the local government area; supporting residents, businesses, and community groups to access to related technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s available at the moment for all residential properties, unless otherwise specified.<\/p>\n<h2>Solar Power Systems<\/h2>\n<p>Available to residential landlord\/tenants and concession card holders, residential strata\/community\/body corporation properties.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u22651.5 kW to &lt;10 kW &#8211; a rebate of 20% of the installed system cost up to a maximum of $1,000.<\/li>\n<li>10 kW to &lt;20 kW &#8211; 20% of the installed cost up to a maximum of $2,500.<\/li>\n<li>20 kW+ &#8211; 20% of the installed cost up to a maximum of $5,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is in addition to the Australia-wide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar rebate<\/a>, which is actually an up-front discount that can knock thousands off the cost of installing a system. For example, for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/10kw\/\">10kW solar<\/a> system <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/cities\/adelaide\/\">installed in Adelaide<\/a>, the national subsidy is worth around $3,000 in 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>Solar Batteries<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">Home batteries<\/a> are eligible for up to 50% of the installed system cost to a maximum of $2,000; so in other words, $2,000. There doesn&#8217;t appear to be too many conditions attached to this aside from the usual; but the system must be installed to optimise self-consumption of solar electricity and not configured as a mains electricity supply back-up system only.<\/p>\n<h2>EV Charging<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>50% up to $250 per ebike charging station<\/li>\n<li>7 kW to &lt;50 kW &#8216;unidirectional&#8217; EV charger &#8211; 50% up to $1,000 per dedicated station.<\/li>\n<li>7 kW to &lt;50 kW &#8216;smart&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/electric-vehicles\/ev-charging-guide\/\">EV charging station<\/a> &#8211; 25% up to $2,000 per dedicated charging unit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adelaide City Council says smart stations include those with demand management or two-way (bidirectional) charging capabilities.<\/p>\n<h2>Home Electrification<\/h2>\n<p>A 50% rebate on the costs associated with the replacement of gas or wood-burning appliances with electric or solar powered equipment up to $2,000. Appliance categories include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/hot-water\/\"> Hot water systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems<\/li>\n<li>Cooking appliances \u2013 stove tops and ovens<\/li>\n<li>Other gas appliances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Switchboard Upgrades<\/h2>\n<p>None of the above include any required switchboard upgrades being factored into pricing. Switchboard upgrades can be expensive, but Adelaide City Council can help with this as well with a rebate for 50% of the out-of-pocket costs, up to $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>But wait, there&#8217;s more &#8211; rebates are also available for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cargo bikes and e-bikes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/energy-efficiency\/thermal\/\">Thermally efficient<\/a> windows and doors<\/li>\n<li>Shading devices<\/li>\n<li>Insulation<\/li>\n<li>Rainwater tanks<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Green&#8221; walls and roofs<\/li>\n<li>Trees and native plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also sustainability rebates for businesses and not-for-profit groups. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofadelaide.com.au\/about-council\/grants-sponsorship-incentives\/incentives-for-sustainability\/\">More information on all rebates is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Adelaide City Council&#8217;s Own Renewable Energy Efforts<\/h2>\n<p>Council has been doing its bit in terms of its own electricity related emissions. Since 1 July 2020, everything run by the City is powered by 100% renewable electricity; mainly through a power purchase agreement (PPA) involving Clements Gap wind farm in the mid-north, and Streaky Bay and Coonalpyn solar farms. This includes electricity supply for community buildings, electric vehicle chargers<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/adelaide-sustainability-rebates-mb3098\/#en-88966-1' id='enref-88966-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(88966)'>1<\/a><\/sup>, street lighting and traffic lights.<\/p>\n<p>Council has also installed its own solar power systems, among which are installations at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adelaide Town Hall<\/li>\n<li>Adelaide Aquatic Centre<\/li>\n<li>UPark Topham Mall<\/li>\n<li>UPark Pirie Flinders<\/li>\n<li>UPark Rundle<\/li>\n<li>Central Market<\/li>\n<li>Adelaide Central Bus Station<\/li>\n<li>London Road Depot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Collectively, the above systems represent more than 1.1 megawatts of capacity, and provide the equivalent of approximately 12 per cent of the electricity used by all council buildings combined &#8211; although this figure may be somewhat dated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adelaide City Council&#8217;s long-running sustainability incentives scheme still has much on offer; including solar PV, battery, EV charger and appliance electrification rebates. 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