After considering the Renewable Energy Target (RET) Review the Federal government on Wednesday (21 October 2014) finally announced the position they would be pushing to implement, subject to gaining support from opposition parties. The solar industry has been concerned that the small scale renewable energy scheme (SRES), which effectively ‘subsidises’ roof top solar costs, would be […]
The much awaited Renewable Energy Target (R.E.T.) review has been released and a summary can be viewed here. In many ways the review comes as little surprise to the solar industry who have been very vocal in raising the potential risks for the solar industry in terms of potential job losses and business closures should the […]
As we have discussed previously, the current review of the Renewable Energy Target is being closely watch by the solar industry and significant ‘lobbying’ is already being seen by groups like the Solar Council who are actively targeting ‘marginal’ seats to pressure politicians into keeping the current Renewable Energy Target. Should the Renewable Energy Target. go then […]
There has been news released today that the Federal government Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has stated that the Renewable Energy Target (R.E.T.) will not be scrapped. The R.E.T. has been directly responsible for the uptake of solar panels systems over the last 8 years and the solar industry has been extremely concerned that that current review […]
Adelaide Solar Update 22 July 2014
With the well publicised Federal Government review under way (and the findings to be released shortly) into the Renewable Energy Target and the abolition of the carbon tax there has been a lot of media coverage on the pro’s and con’s of small scale renewable energy systems including residential solar […]
Just as the Internet has revolutionised parts of the ‘old economy’ such as print media and shopping habits, the next major shift in the economy is likely to be in energy production, the ownership of the means of energy generation and dominance of renewable energy in South Australia. The major power producing corporations are likely […]
Over the next few months we will take a look at some of the more commonly used solar panels and solar inverters in Adelaide solar installations and look at the pro’s and con’s of the various brands on offer. Besides the technical merits of panels and inverters, as we have stressed elsewhere on this site, […]