The Victorian Government announced yesterday that it will be funding a 50% rebate for solar PV systems up to 4kW. As a part of a new $1.24 billion program the […]
Category: Federal Government solar panel incentives
Solar Choice Blog entries about Australian government Solar Power incentive schemes
NASA staff use Australian EV chargers
Brisbane-based EV charging company Tritium has installed eight of the company’s 50kW fast chargers installed at a staff car park of a NASA base in California’s Silicon Valley. The install […]
4MWh battery by Origin at a Queensland peaking plant
Origin Energy has revealed plans to install a 4MW/4MWh battery at its Mt Stuart peaking plant near Townsville in Queensland, in the latest sign that gen-tailers are starting ot see battery storage […]
WA energy minister contemplates home battery incentives coinciding with the solar tariff review
Western Australia is reportedly mulling government-backed home battery storage incentives, in an effort to manage booming rooftop solar uptake in the state. Reports on Tuesday said state energy minister Ben Wyatt […]
Ergon announces new technology roll-out to align with thriving rooftop solar uptake
Regional Queensland network operator Ergon Energy has announced the roll-out of technology it says will allow more solar generated power generated on rooftops to be exported to the grid, without […]
ACCC recommends scrapping federal small-scale solar incentive: What does it mean for you?
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has recommended abolishing the federal incentive for small-scale renewables (like rooftop solar) by 2021 in a ‘blueprint to reduce electricity prices’ – formally […]
Wintertime solar power: What to expect (Solartopia #14)
The winter solstice (21 June) has come and gone. With the shortest day of the year now behind us, it’s all up from here, but we’ve still got a while […]
New Australian milestone: 3 million solar homes
Rooftop solar and solar hot water installs in Australia have passed the three million-mark, according to the latest data from the Clean Energy Regulator, as homes and businesses continue to […]
Whitsunday Solar Farm hub helicopter flyover [Video & Photos]
Construction of Edify Energy’s solar farms at Collinsville in North Queensland is coming along in big strides! Earlier this month Solar Choice founder and managing director Angus Gemmell took his […]
ESB scraps proposal of mandatory storage for all new wind & solar
Australia’s Energy Security Board has effectively rejected the Conservative push for wind and solar to conform to outdated standards of “baseload” energy supply, and instead focused its thinking on reliability […]
Australia on track to meet Renewable Energy Target – 3 years ahead of schedule
The Clean Energy Regulator has announced that the 2020 renewable energy target is effectively met – three years ahead of schedule – with some 6,500MW of large scale wind and […]
ARENA still has $700m to spend, to bring down cost of storage
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has tipped 2018 to be a big year for large-scale energy storage, as the Agency focuses its efforts and remaining funds on the integration of […]
Rooftop solar changes unsettle industry, raising fears worse to come
Australia’s peak solar industry body has called for written clarification from the federal government, after confusion surrounding proposed amendments to the Renewable Energy Target triggered concerns that the booming commercial […]
The National Energy Guarantee: What it means if you’re thinking about going solar
There’s been no shortage of media coverage regarding the Turnbull government’s recently proposed plan to tackle Australia’s rising electricity bills (see here, here, here and here). But what does the […]
Household savings from National Energy Guarantee to be minimal over 12 years
Malcolm Turnbull’s new energy policy will see little reduction in consumer energy bills over the next decade, and that’s outrageous. In an era where renewable energy costs are plunging, where […]
New poll confirms that battery is popularity skyrocketing
A new poll has confirmed the increasing popularity of home battery storage in Australia, as households look to reduce their dependence on expensive grid-supplied electricity, and cut soaring power bills. […]
Energy Unlimited: A roadmap towards 100% renewables for government, business & community organisations (Book review)
Under the current government, it’s unlikely that we’re going to see a 100% renewable energy target for Australia as a nation, but accomplishing this goal on a smaller scale is […]
Report describes Australian electricity utopia – that doesn’t seem to exist
A new report from Australia’s principal electricity market rule-maker has sought to portray a utopian image where consumers believe they are getting value for money and face only one blight on […]
STC prices are falling: What you need to know
‘The federal solar rebate is falling!’ is a cry that Solar Choice has been hearing pretty loudly from our customers, website visitors and installers in and outside our network for the […]
Solar system prices could rise up to 10% as STC prices drop
(Please see Solar Choice’s in-depth coverage of the STC price drop in this article.) The cost of installing rooftop solar looks set to rise by as much as 10 per […]
Concept of ‘baseload’ energy quickly becoming a relic of the past
A new US report argues that the concept of “baseload” energy generation is an artefact of an old fossil fuelled industry, and should not be confused with reliability. The Brattle Group […]
Industry responses to the Finkel Review
Earlier this month CSIRO Chief Scientist Alan Finkel debuted his panel’s report into reform of Australia’s electricity sector. Officially known as Independent Review into the Future Security of the National […]
Queensland government launches distributed energy trial to benefit most vulnerable customers
Queensland’s Labor government has launched a distributed energy trial that aims to give the state’s most vulnerable electricity customers – as well as its half a million rental households – […]
Tesla founder predicts imminent end of the fossil fuel era
US EV and battery maker Tesla has suggested that the inflection point grid-scale battery storage is not 20 years away – as some politicians and industry groups would argue – but […]
Victoria’s Labor Government Steps Up on Climate Action
Victoria’s Labor government has upped the ante on climate action, pledging to cut state emissions by up to 20 per cent within three years on the road to its ultimate […]
Solar Choice site stats for 2016: Looking back on a stellar year
Rooftop solar is the energy of the people in Australia. In less than half a decade, solar panels have gone from being pricey ‘green bling’ to something that any home […]
Will the federal incentive for rooftop solar end next year?
Judging by some of the advertisements we’ve come across, you might be forgiven for thinking that Australia’s federal rooftop solar incentives (under the Renewable Energy Target) were on their way […]
Rooftop Solar Subsidy to be reduced on 1 January 2017
An Australia-wide, upfront subsidy for rooftop solar systems is set to be reduced within a few weeks when the “deeming period” for solar systems declines from 15 years to 14 […]
NSW Minister pushing for households to share energy with other households
New South Wales parliamentary secretary Adam Marshall wants to slash the development fees for large-scale renewable energy projects in the state. The Young National Party MLA told the North Coast […]
NSW Government announces major expansion into renewable energy
The New South Wales Coalition government has broken ranks with its federal counterpart and announced a major expansion into large and small-scale renewable energy, as well as electric vehicles and […]
Investment in large-scale renewables on the rise, but Aus still unlikely to meet 2020 target
Large-scale renewable energy investment in Australia has hit its highest levels since 2013, although it remains well short of the level needed to meet the reduced renewable energy target in […]
