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1 for 1 Feed-in Tariff Scheme Closes
Posted on June 18, 2013
The ACT 1 for 1 solar feed in tariff will be abolished, and a 7.5c per kWh net feed in tariff will apply for new connections from July 1, 2013. For existing solar generators and those beating the deadline, ActewAGL will continue to honour the 1 for...
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Solar passes million milestone in Australia
Posted on April 05, 2013
The number of Australian homes with solar rooftops has passed the million mark, according to figures from the Clean Energy Regulator. Clean Energy Council Chief Executive David Green said this meant approximately 2.5 million Australians now lived...
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Productivity Commission report's consumer focus applauded
Posted on October 24, 2012
A new Productivity Commission draft report is heading in the right direction with its recommendations on making the electricity market more consumer-oriented, the clean energy industry body said today. “The Electricity Network Regulation...
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SPI 2012: SunPower raises bar on module performance and product warranties
Posted on September 17, 2012
Although not the first to offer linear module performance warranties, SunPower would seem to have raised the bar on combining warranties for both power and product to a 25-year term. The company is also simplifying the warranty documentation to...
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Australians lead in fitting solar panels on homes
Posted on August 24, 2012
AUSTRALIANS put more household solar panel systems on their roofs than anyone else in the world last year, new data from the Clean Energy Regulator and the International Energy Agency show. The statistic astonished many in the solar industry,...
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Clean energy industry welcomes new report on health and carbon pollution
Posted on August 20, 2012
The Clean Energy Council has welcomed a new report that shows action to cut carbon pollution, such as clean energy and energy efficiency, could potentially save the healthcare system billions of dollars. Clean Energy Council Chief Executive David...
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$300 rise tipped for energy bills
Posted on August 03, 2012
THE average Victorian household will pay an extra $300 for their energy bills this financial year, a new report has found. A report by St Vincent de Paul Society also showed that average household energy bills - including electricity and gas -...
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The carbon tax needn’t cost you: easy ways to cut energy costs
Posted on July 25, 2012
If Treasury modelling is right, about half of household carbon cost will be included in energy bills, which are now about 3% of household expenditure. That means the carbon cost on energy adds about 0.3% to living costs. And the other half of the...
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Quasi-mono Silicon: The best of both worlds
Posted on July 11, 2012
There was a time when the crystalline silicon solar cell industry could be separated neatly into two camps – multi-crystalline and monocrystalline. But today a new technology blurs those boundaries, but no one is quite sure what to call it: quasi-...
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Solar feed-in tarrifs - 2012-2013
Posted on June 29, 2012
The Minister for Resources and Energy has asked IPART to make a determination on solar feed-in tariffs in NSW in 2012/13 . IPART has been asked to determine a benchmark range for solar feed-in tariffs, and to set the contribution payable by...
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