State government acts to make it quicker and easier for Victorian households and small businesses wishing to install rooftop solar, with Bill that will reduce the wait for connection by up to 55 days.
Posted in Policy, Solar
An online petition calling on Australia’s federal and state governments to make rooftop solar mandatory for all new-build houses has attracted nearly 12,000 signatures in just one week.
Posted in Policy, Solar
Victorian Life Saving clubs can now apply for state government grants to install solar PV after the launch of a $500,000 funding program this week.
Posted in Policy, Solar
How equity crowd-funding reform – if done appropriately could open the floodgates to the community energy sector.
Posted in Policy
Blueprint for NSW town of Uralla says getting to majority renewables can be relatively easy, and save a lot of money. Getting to 100% renewables, however, will be harder. But it seems lots of towns want to try.
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Policy, Solar
A City of Sydney-backed $1.2m Environmental Upgrade Agreement will allow owners of 1967 Reader's Digest building to fund energy efficiency upgrade that will slash its energy use by 60%.
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Policy, Software/Gadgets
City of Sydney, Property Council call on AEMC to change rules governing electricity supply to incentivise shared, local distributed energy generation.
Posted in Other Renewables, Policy, Solar
Attempt by Abbott government to stop Clean Energy Finance Corporation co-financing rooftop solar is likely to make rooftop solar a lot more more expensive for those homes and businesses who have yet to install the technology, and who cannot afford to buy the systems outright.
Posted in Policy, Solar
South Australia government doubles funding available for City of Adelaide battery storage initiative, potentially injecting 600kWh of storage into CBD.
Posted in Battery/Storage, Policy, Solar