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Good News about Victorian Solar Homes Rebates

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There’s lots of good news for Victorian householders thinking of applying for the Victorian Government’s solar rebate or battery rebate when the Victorian Solar Homes rebate program restarts on the 1st of July 2019. There’s good news for those who don’t like paperwork, those who rent, and those who want the extra value of a battery […]

Your solar rebates: National and State based solar power and battery rebates

Booming solar power in US reflects values of free society.

Australians may have missed out on Labor’s renewable energy plans for the nation with their election loss this past weekend. But there’s plenty of help available in solar power and battery rebates – supporting the environment as well as slashing their power bills. Let’s take a look at what financial assistance is offered around the […]

Victorian tenants demand public housing solar installations to cut power bills

Victorian government ushers in big battery era with Gannawarra solar battery farm.

Elderly residents on a Port Melbourne housing estate are demanding public housing solar installations across Victoria. Many of the 36 residents on the Williamstown Road estate are home most of the day because they are sick or have mobility problems. As a result they struggle to pay sky-high power bills on their pensions. Now the […]

Climate Emergency loses to Populism: Coalition likely to win majority government

Climate emergency takes second place to jobs and growth in federal election.

The Liberal-National Coalition steamed home in Saturday’s federal election, leaving Labor and the Greens wondering what happened to the climate emergency. ABC election pundit Anthony Green believes the Coalition will win a majority in the House of Representatives. It’s a view supported by Australian Electoral Commission figures. Defying all poll predictions, the Coalition won a […]

What does the Federal Election Result Mean for Solar?

Coalition and Labor battle it out in electric vehicles push ahead of May election.

The Federal election result is in. What does the Scott Morrison miracle victory – and predicted majority government – mean for solar and climate change? The good news is that the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) – unofficially known as the Federal Government’s solar ‘rebate’- will continue through to 2030.  Without the SRES, the cost […]

Finally, the nation votes: Is this the Climate Change election?

Tomorrow, Saturday May 18, Australia votes to elect the nation’s next Federal government. The ABC’s Vote Compass shows a majority of Liberal-National Party Coalition, Australian Labor Party and Greens voters want to make this the “climate change election“. Accordingly, the Climate Council has studied the three largest  parties’ policies on climate change and renewables. Let’s take one last […]

UK Labour releases plan to nationalise energy grid, deliver solar to 1.75M homes

solar batteries pooled by 40 London households to create virtual power network.

In a radical move overnight, UK Labour has released a plan for energy grid nationalisation. As well, it will be making a big push to install solar on over a million homes. The move would see the UK’s £62 billion (AU$117 billion) energy infrastructure grid pass into public hands. This would include both electricity and gas […]

Green light for solar project in Sanjeev Gupta’s billion dollar renewables scheme

Gupta's .3 billion renewable energy

The first solar project in Sanjeev Gupta’s $1.3 billion renewable energy program has been green-lit by the South Australian government. The 280 MW Cultana Solar Farm, announced by British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta last year, will break ground in October, reports pv magazine Australia. The project is developed by SIMEC Energy Australia to deliver power to the […]