Solar Choice has managed the tender for a 100kW solar system for Balmoral Orchard, an avocado farm outside of Toowoomba, Queensland. The orchard’s manager first approached Solar Choice in May 2016 […]
Category: State Government Solar Panel Feed-In Tariffs
Solar Choice blog entries about Solar Feed-in tariffs in WA, QLD, VIC, TAS, NT, SA, ACT, NSW, and the NSW Solar Bonus Scheme. Contact Solar Choice for a free solar quote comparison and brokering advice
Commercial Solar PV Price Index: November 2016
The average price of a commercial solar PV system dropped very slightly between October and November 2016 (from about $1.26 per watt to about $1.25/W) according to figures from the […]
Residential Solar PV Price Index – November 2016
Average solar PV system prices for Australia’s capital cities changed little between October and November of 2016, according to data from Solar Choice’s installer network database. Currently, the average price […]
Solar and battery energy storage in Perth, WA
Approximately 25-30% of the homes in the Perth area have solar PV systems on their roofs according to the APVI – many of these households are interested in installing a […]
Victorian Government backs multiple time-of-use tariffs for rooftop solar
Victoria’s state government has backed the introduction of multiple time-of-use tariffs for rooftop solar exports to the grid to better reflect the value of the state’s distributed solar generation. State […]
Commercial Solar PV Price Index: October 2016
Average commercial solar system prices for all sizes that we track (10kW, 30kW, 50kW and 100kW) held stable at the $1.28/W low seen in September, according to data from Solar Choice’s […]
NSW Solar Bonus Scheme feed-in tariffs end this year: What are your options?
On December 31 2016, recipients of NSW Solar Bonus Scheme will cease to receive bill credits for their exported solar energy. The Solar Bonus Scheme (which closed to new applications in […]
Solar, wind & battery storage power plant in QLD gets ARENA funding
A project combining solar PV, wind energy and battery storage, and which could be one of the biggest power stations in Queensland, has received financial backing from the Australian Renewable […]
Queensland’s three ‘credible’ paths to 50% renewables by 2030
Queensland has three “credible” pathways to achieve its target of 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030, a state government appointed panel has found, and each of them will create jobs, […]
Residential Solar PV Price Index – October 2016
Average solar system prices for Australia’s capital cities rose slightly (to $1.63/W) between September and October. Price increases were seen primarily among smaller systems (1.5kW – 5kW) in a handful […]
Mount Majura Solar Farm powers up in ACT
The 2.3MW Mount Majura Solar Farm has now officially opened and is exporting clean energy to the ACT grid. Solar Choice, as co-developer with Solar Fields, invested over four years […]
Solar energy battery storage in Brisbane: Compare installers & prices
Interest in battery storage for solar energy among Brisbane residents has skyrocketed in the last year, with Solar Choice reporting a 90% increase increase in battery-related traffic between 2015 and […]
Urth Energy announces solar feed-in tariff based on wholesale spot market price
Electricity retailer Urth Energy has announced a retail electricity plan that allows solar system owners to sell their surplus solar energy at wholesale rates on the National Electricity Market (NEM). […]
South Australia’s 16c/kWh solar feed-in tariff ends 30 September 2016
South Australia‘s 16c per kilowatt-hour (kWh) solar feed-in tariff will be the first state-backed incentive of its kind to cease payments. The 16c/kWh rate – referred to as the ‘Transitional […]
Commercial Solar PV Price Index: September 2016
The average price of a commercial solar installation fell to an all-time low of $1.26 per watt ($/W) between August and September, according to data from Solar Choice’s installer network […]
NSW to become battery storage hotspot after Solar Bonus expires, IPART survey confirms
A NSW survey on rooftop solar households in the state has confirmed what the battery storage industry has been predicting for months now – that the market for residential energy […]
Vic regulator recommends tariff changes to reflect ‘true value’ of solar
Victoria’s pricing regulator has published its final report on the Energy Value of Distributed Generation, recommending changes to tariff structures to reflect the true value of rooftop solar and other […]
Residential Solar PV Price Index – September 2016
Average residential solar system prices for September 2016 have matched the all-time low seen in December of last year, when prices dipped just below $1.60 per watt ($1.60/W). In other […]
Solar & batteries could be value-competitive with grid electricity in WA ‘within one year’
New research suggests that the cross-over point between the value of solar and storage and grid prices for Australian households may occur within one year. That is the conclusion of […]
Commercial Solar PV Price Index: August 2016
The average price of a commercial solar systems fell marginally between July and August to $1.28/W, according to figures from Solar Choice’s installer network database. Commercial solar system prices (10kW-100kW) […]
WA government moves to make solar PPAs more accessible
See this explanatory article on Solar PPAs The Western Australian government has announced changes to state energy market regulations that will boost the uptake of rooftop solar and make the […]
Victorian utility to deploy distributed batteries to defer network upgrade costs
Victorian utility United Energy will partner with Melbourne start-up GreenSync to deliver a community-based demand response and energy storage project on the Mornington Peninsula, to defer the need for costly […]
Three-year trial will pit 8x lithium battery products against one another
A three-year battery storage trial that will test eight leading technologies under Australian conditions was officially launched in the ACT on Wednesday, at the Canberra Institute of Technology’s Bruce Campus. […]
South Australia’s minimum solar feed-in tariff could be nixed under ESCOSA proposal
Rooftop solar households in South Australia face losing the 6.8c/kWh feed-in tariff after the state pricing regulator revealed it was working on a draft proposal to remove the minimum retail […]
Victorian government asks for public input on approach to state renewables target
Victoria’s state government has called for input from business and the community on the design of its renewable energy auction scheme, a key plank of its renewable energy target of […]
Residential Solar PV Price Index – August 2016
This month marks a full four years of our publishing of the Solar PV Price Index. When we first started keeping track of average system prices back in 2012, it […]
Thinking about going off-grid? Keep these points in mind
With the dawn of the age of (nearly) affordable battery storage, more and more Australian homes are considering the possibility of disconnecting from the electricity grid; or the first time, off-grid […]
Solar becoming competitive with wind as ACT moves towards renewables target
Submissions to the ACT’s latest “next generation” renewable energy tender indicate solar power is now competitive with wind energy, possibly suggesting a future shift in Australia’s roll-out of renewable energy […]
Commercial Solar PV Price Index: July 2016
The average price for a commercial solar PV system dropped noticeably between June and July 2016, according to figures from Solar Choice’s installer network database. While prices for each month […]
Which retailer is offering the best electricity plan for solar customers in Sydney (July 2016)
Getting a higher feed-in tariff from your electricity retailer looks great on paper, but it does not necessarily mean that you will save more money on your electricity bills. We’ve taken […]
Melbourne ‘mini-suburb’ has a Tesla Powerwall in every home (units now on sale!)
Plans for what could be the world’s first “Tesla town” – a mini-suburb on the outskirts of the Melbourne CBD whose new-build homes will include rooftop solar and Tesla battery […]
