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Category: Federal Government solar panel incentives
Solar Choice Blog entries about Australian government Solar Power incentive schemes
Crossbench prevented coalition abolishing $23.4BN of investment to Renewable Energy
A new report from The Australia Institute (TAI) has shown the crossbench’s role in saving 3 renewable energy policies (The CEFC, ARENA and the RET) from being abolished by the […]
Solar Choice brokers 100kW solar installation for Dunstan Farmers Engineering
Solar Choice has brokered the installation of a 100kw solar array for Dunstan Farmers’ head office located in Kerang near the NSW/Vic border. The Dunstan brand has been established for […]
Vales Point coal plant owners sign deal with new 275MW solar farm
Power from one of Australia’s biggest solar farms will be used in combination with the New South Wales Vales Point coal plant, to deliver cheaper and cleaner “dispatchable” power for […]
ANU-led research claims big breakthrough in next generation solar cell technology
The quest to boost the efficiency of silicon solar cells – and further reduce the cost of PV generation – has gained ground this week through an Australia National University-led […]
NSW utilising water for energy: with numerous planned pumped hydro projects on the way
At the NSW Smart Energy Summit 2018 there was a lot of talk regarding the future of pumped hydro in NSW and the talk was promising. Mr Turnbull of course talked […]
Solar Choice attends NSW Smart Energy Summit
Solar Choice were “out of the office” last Tuesday 4th December to watch the Smart Energy Council play host to the NSW Smart Energy Summit. Pre-arrival the buzz was centred around […]
Graph of the Day: Breakdown of Australia’s two million solar homes
Rooftop solar has passed another major milestone in Australia, with two million homes and businesses – or 20 per cent of all homes – having installed their own power source. […]
Northern Territory indigenous communities convert to solar
The Northern Territory Government through the Power and Water Corporation has partnered with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to bring solar to remote Territory communities. The Solar Energy Transformation […]
Annual Australia Solar + Energy Storage Congress & Expo 2018
The Solar Choice team is looking forward to the Annual Australian Solar + Storage Congress & Expo 2018, which will take place in Sydney this Wednesday & Thursday December 5-6, […]
A list of Australian battery support schemes (existing & proposed) as of Nov 2018
If you care about battery storage and distributed energy in Australia, you’re probably aware that a number of battery incentive programs are now available through various state & territory governments […]
NSW Emerging Energy Program
Earlier this month the NSW Government announced a $55 million program to encourage large scale electricity generation and storage projects. This comes as a welcome step forward, as NSW is […]
Another coal myth busted as developing nations turn to renewables
Developing nations have taken the lead on clean energy, a new study has shown, after adding a record 114GW of zero-carbon energy generating capacity of all types, 94GW of which […]
Shorten targets one million household batteries, focus on renewables
The federal Labor Party has unveiled an energy policy with a strong focus on driving the uptake of home solar and battery storage, as it builds on its pre-election promise […]
NSW government unveils plan to bring grid into age of renewables
The New South Wales government has unveiled a plan to shift the state’s coal-fired power dominated grid into the age of the renewables. The plan, called the Transmission Infrastructure Strategy, […]
Fair Dinkum Power
You may have noticed the phrase “Fair Dinkum Power” being used a lot in recent times. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been using the phrase as a reference to […]
Victoria Labor boosts renewable energy target to 50% by 2030
The Victorian Labor government revealed plans to extend its target for renewable energy generation to 50 per cent by 2030, if it is re-elected in this month’s state poll. The […]
Malcolm Turnbull’s change of stance on 100% renewable energy
In his first major public media appearance since being dropped from the Prime Ministers role and leader of the Liberal Party, Mr Turnbull told the ABC TV’s Q&A program he loved […]
NSW launches emerging energy program to replace coal generation
The New South Wales Coalition government has launched an ambitious energy transition plan designed to help replace most of the state’s ageing coal plants with wind, solar and storage over […]
Old Nowra tip site set to be a Solar farm
The old North Nowra tip was decommissioned in the early 1980’s. Since then not much had progressed regarding the sites remediation plans until recently. Grass has started shooting through and […]
Australian business urged to join global embrace of 100% renewables
Australian companies are being urged to join the global RE100 movement – a corporate shift to 100 renewables that leaves state and national targets trailing in its wake. A total […]
SRES to remain till 2030, Energy Minister confirms they will not change
In an interview held yesterday by The Guardian’s political editor Katharine Murphy, federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor has stated that the government has no plans to abolish the Small-scale Renewable Energy […]
IPCC Special Report states Urgent Action is Needed to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Impacts
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a report stating that at current rates our world will be 1.5C hotter by 2040 and 2C hotter by 2060. What […]
Australia to reach a “Solar Peak”, bring on battery storage!
As Australian rooftop solar continues to break records there’s claims of Australia being the first country to reach a “Solar Peak“, according to EnergyAustralia director Mark Collette. Australia has already installed 1.09GW […]
100kW solar installation for Alpha Hotel – Eastern Creek (brokered by Solar Choice)
In 2014 Solar Choice Commercial began discussions with Alpha Hotel (Eastern Creek Holdings) on a potential 100kW system for their property in Sydney, NSW. The system, now fully installed, consists of Canadian Solar […]
QLD releases new guidelines as another 16 solar projects queue to join grid
Queensland is preparing to add another 16 large-scale solar projects to its grid, as the Labor state government announces new guidelines for local government and renewable energy developers. State energy […]
Canberra virtual power plant awarded top engineering honours
World First Canberra technology that makes the electricity system cheaper, cleaner and more reliable recognised by Engineers Australia. Canberra-based Reposit Power was awarded the Sir William Hudson Award – the […]
100kW solar panel installation project for Cockburn Ice Arena
In 2015 Solar Choice Commercial began discussions with Cockburn Ice Arena on a potential 100kW system for their property in Bibra Lake, WA. Our detailed business case analysis demonstrated the positive financial impact […]
The “only thing” pushing down power prices is new solar and wind
The surge of large-scale renewable energy generation coming online in Australia is the “only thing” currently helping to reduce electricity prices in Australia, a new report has found. The Australia […]
Why Aged Care Facilities & Retirement Villages are choosing to go Solar
The “why” here is simple – each have huge energy intensive consumption patterns 7 days a week, large open roof space potential and generally very high power bills. Choosing to […]
Australia could be 100% renewable by 2030s, meet Paris targets by 2025
Australia could reach 100 per cent renewables by the early 2030s, and smash its Paris emissions targets five years early, all by doing nothing more than maintaining the current pace […]
