Category Archives: Government rebates
Solar power scheme axed to kill rush
The State Government was forced to shut its popular solar panel subsidy scheme yesterday to prevent a “run” on it from householders who feared they might miss out, Premier Colin Barnett said. A day after saying the feed-in- tariff scheme, which pays households for electricity from rooftop solar panels fed into the energy grid, was “being monitored”, Energy Minister Peter Collier suspended it. The West Australian reported yesterday that the scheme would soon hit the Government’s 150MW capacity cap, imposed [...]
Changes to the Queensland Solar Bonus Scheme
The Queensland Government’s Solar Bonus Scheme has been successful in delivering affordable solar energy for over 72,000 Queenslanders. Since the Scheme was introduced, Queensland has increased from 3.2 megawatts of installed solar PV capacity to over 149 megawatts capacity. To ensure the Scheme remains cost-effective in achieving these positive outcomes, the Queensland Government is changing the eligibility requirements for the Solar Bonus Scheme from 7 June 2011. What are the changes? The size of eligible solar PV systems will be limited [...]
