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Solar Switch still worth flicking

February 13, 2012

From the Daily Telegraph By Nhada Larkin National Features January 23, 2012 LOWER government subsidies may be causing people to hesitate about investing in solar power, but energy groups say with summer electricity bills likely to cause some nasty shocks, solar is still a smart purchase. Australian Solar Energy Society chief executive John Grimes says [...]

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Solar Power Update 2012

January 5, 2012
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The Hon Greg Combet MP’s address to 49th Annual AuSUS Solar 2011 Conference

December 15, 2011

Transcription Well, thank you for the opportunity to address the Australian Solar Energy Society’s Solar 2011 Conference. And I apologize I can’t be there today, but the Labor Party National Conference is on. So, thanks for giving me this opportunity to speak to you by video. I’d like to start by acknowledging he important role [...]

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“Fair and Reasonable Price” needed for Solar Feed in Tariff

December 6, 2011

See full article here IPART feed-in tariff recommendations for NSW Mon, 5 December 2011 Solar Magazine The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal has released a draft report proposing a new feed-in tariff rate for New South Wales consumers. Until the New South Wales Solar Bonus Scheme closed to all new participants, feed-in tariffs were paid [...]

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iPart Solar Power Feed in Tariff recommendation

December 4, 2011

See full article here __ Warning over cuts to solar scheme BRIAN ROBINS 25 Nov, 2011 03:00 AM Canberra Times THE state government has thrown its weight behind a move to halve the price paid for solar electricity, amid warnings of further job losses if the lower rate is implemented. The pricing regulator IPART, the [...]

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The impact of the carbon tax just $9 per family

December 4, 2011

See full story here At $9 a family, it’s not all doom and gloom MICHAEL BACHELARD 13 Nov, 2011 03:00 AM THE cost to families of the Gillard government’s carbon tax will be little more than the inflation jump from high banana prices, new modelling from the CSIRO has found. The research, released exclusively to [...]

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UK Solar feed in tariff to be slashed

December 4, 2011

The UK kicked off earlier this year with a generous feed in tariff of around 43p. This was no sooner introduced than a revised form was announced, with a deadline or December 12 for installing systems to get the old tariff. Here’s a useful summary. Everyone in NSW will recognise this start-stop pattern. Hopefully they [...]

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WA solar scheme

December 4, 2011

See full article HERE 24th November 2011. It seems that start-stop tariffs are the norm. Even the UK is going through the same “solar coaster” that causes huge takeup then a handbrake. ____ AN audit is under way into Western Australia’s renewable energy buyback scheme after a rush that resulted in 75,000 customers signing up [...]

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Google pulls the plug on green power

November 27, 2011

Full article here Google said on Tuesday that it was pulling the plug on seven projects, including Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal as well as a Wikipedia-like online encyclopedia service known as Knol. The plans, which Google announced on its corporate blog, represent the third so-called “spring cleaning” announcement that Google has made since Google [...]

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Queensland Government Solar Bonus Scheme

November 27, 2011

The Queensland Government has changed the eligibility criteria for the Solar Bonus Scheme to ensure the Scheme remains cost-effective for all Queenslanders. What is the Solar Bonus Scheme? The Queensland Government Solar Bonus Scheme (the Scheme) pays eligible households and other small customers for the surplus electricity generated from solar photovoltaic (PV) panel systems, which [...]

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