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Find the Best Deals on Solar Power Installations on the Gold Coast, Qld

March 30, 2012
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The Gold Coast, Queensland, is a great place to install a solar PV power system. Queensland residents who install an eligible solar PV systems are currently eligible for the most generous Solar Feed-in Tariff in Australia, at 44c for every kilowatt-hour of solar power exported to the electricity grid. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share [...]

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Diamond Energy: Australia’s solar power-friendly electricity retailer

March 28, 2012
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Diamond Energy is a Victoria-based national electricity retailer focusing on serving customers who have solar panels and ensuring that the process to grid connection and afterwards ia s smooth and efficient as possible. The company has been providing electricity from renewable sources to their customers since 2007, and has added 3500 home solar PV systems [...]

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Find the Best Solar Power PV Deals in Broken Hill, NSW

March 27, 2012
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Broken Hill, in outback NSW, is a great place to install a solar PV system, even after the conclusion of the state’s Solar Bonus Feed-in Tariff scheme. Solar Choice, as Australia’s free Solar Energy Brokering and advice service, is in a unique position to help customers find the best solar PV power system deals in Broken [...]

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Find the Best Solar PV Power system deals in Townsville, QLD

March 26, 2012
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Townsville, located in north Queensland, is a great place to install a solar PV power system. Queensland residents who install an eligible solar PV systems are currently eligible for the most generous Solar Feed-in Tariff in Australia, at 44c for every kilowatt-hour of solar power exported to the electricity grid. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook [...]

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Queensland Solar Bonus Feed-in Tariff ‘safe’ after LNP wins election

March 26, 2012
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Queensland’s Labour Party has lost the March 2012 parliamentary election, trounced by the state’s Liberal National Party (LNP). The LNP’s victory leaves many solar PV system owners and solar PV system installers wondering what will become of the state’s Solar Bonus Scheme Feed-in Tariff, which offers Queensland system owners 44c for every kilowatt-hour of solar [...]

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Find the Best Solar PV Power System Deals in Wollongong, NSW

March 23, 2012
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Wollongong, just south of Sydney, and a good place to install a solar PV system, even after the collapse of the state’s Solar Bonus Feed-in Tariff scheme. The cost of installing a solar power system has never been lower, and there are up-front financial incentives available through the Federal Solar Credits rebate scheme, so purchasing a system [...]

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Western Australia Electricity rates to skyrocket in 2012

March 23, 2012
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Western Australia’s electricity rates will rise by nearly 20% by the end of 2012, according to a media statement (pdf) from the WA Premier’s office. The rise is in keeping with a broader national trend: Electricity prices across Australia are projected to rise by up to 37% by 2014. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on [...]

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Western Australia Horizon grid Solar Power Buyback rates to change from July 2012

March 22, 2012
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Western Australia’s Horizon power has announced regionally differentiated pricing for its Renewable Energy Buyback Scheme. The new rates have been set by Horizon to reflect the ‘real value’ of solar power to the electricity grid in each of those areas, and will replace Horizon’s current ’1-for-1′ Solar Buyback offered to most areas of the grid, in [...]

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NSW Parks and Wildlife undaunted by low Solar Feed-in Tariff

March 20, 2012
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Despite the low rate recently recommended by NSW’s Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) last week, the state’s far western Parks and Wildlife service will carry on with installation of solar PV system. The already has 12 solar PV systems installed in the western part of the state, and will install more in the future, indicative of [...]

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Find the Best Solar Power PV Deals in Geelong, Victoria

March 20, 2012
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Geelong, located just west of Melbourne, is a good place for installing a solar PV system. Victoria offers Standard and Transitional Solar Feed-in Tariff incentives for solar PV. Additionally, with electricity rates rising, the price of solar PV falling, and up-front rebates available through the Federal Solar Credits scheme, now is a great time to find the best solar [...]

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Find the best solar PV deals in Newcastle, NSW

March 19, 2012
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Newcastle, just north of Sydney, and a good place to install a solar PV system, even after the collapse of the state’s Solar Bonus Feed-in Tariff scheme. The cost of installing a solar power system has never been lower, and there are up-front financial incentives available through the Federal Solar Credits rebate scheme, so purchasing a system [...]

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NSW Solar Bonus Feed-in Tariff Scheme: IPART Final Report Released

March 14, 2012
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The long-awaited result is finally in: IPART has made its recommendation as to how the NSW government should replace the state’s now defunct Solar Bonus Feed-in Tariff Scheme. Under IPART‘s recommendations, NSW residents interested in installing solar PV systems will not be eligible for a standard, state-wide Solar Feed-in Tariff. Instead, the government, as foreshadowed [...]

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Find the best solar power system deals in Hobart, Tasmania

March 9, 2012
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Hobart, Tasmania residents and businesses may benefit from installing a solar PV system through the 1-for-1 Solar Buyback scheme on offer through electricity retailer Aurora Energy. Recently cost of solar PV systems has reached record lows. Additionally, the Federal Government offers up-front rebates in the form of Solar Credits. Obtaining the greatest benefit from a system, however, requires first understanding how [...]

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Find the best solar power PV system deals in Darwin, NT

March 7, 2012
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Darwin is one of Australia’s northernmost cities, and its location in the sunny tropics makes it one of the best places in Australia to install a solar PV system. The 1-for-1 Solar Buyback scheme on offer through NT Power&Water means great returns on investment for those who find the best deal on solar power. Because of [...]

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Find the best solar PV system deals in Canberra, ACT

March 6, 2012
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Canberra, ACT has a reputation for being one of the ‘greenest’ cities in Australia. Although there have been cuts to subsidies for small-scale solar power in the ACT, Canberra residents and businesses still stand to benefit from installing a solar PV system through the 1-for-1 Solar Buyback scheme on offer through ACTewAGL. The best returns on investment [...]

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Find the best solar PV system deals in Adelaide, South Australia

February 28, 2012
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Adelaide is the capital of what is arguably Australia’s most ambitious state for renewable energy uptake. A number of factors make SA a great place to install a solar PV system. However, the best returns on investment and shortest payback periods on systems are available only to those who find the best deals on their solar PV [...]

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Find the Best Solar Power PV Deals in Melbourne, Victoria

February 24, 2012
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Melbourne is Australia’s second largest city, and a great place to install a solar PV system, thanks to the state’s Standard and Transitional Solar Feed-in Tariffs. Rising electricity rates, falling solar PV installation prices, and up-front financial subsidies available through the Federal Solar Credits rebate scheme, now is a great time to go solar for Melbourne residents. [...]

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Find the Best Solar PV Deals in Perth, WA

February 20, 2012
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Perth is WA’s biggest city, and a great place to install a solar PV system, even after the withdrawal of the state’s Solar Feed-in Tariff last year. With electricity rates rising, solar PV installation prices falling, and significant potential up-front financial subsidies through the Federal Solar Credits rebate scheme, now is a great time to find deals [...]

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Darwin, Northern Territory Criteria for connecting solar PV systems to the grid

February 16, 2012
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The criteria for having solar PV systems connected to the grid differ from state to state. Due to the occurrence of seasonal cyclones, Northern Territory rooftop solar PV installations in Darwin and the Top End are subject to a number of additional hurdles that other state residents may not necessarily have to worry about. Blog [...]

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1-to-1 Solar Buyback vs Solar Feed-in Tariffs: The Economics

February 9, 2012
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Most states in Australia currently have or have had some sort of Solar Feed-in Tariff scheme in place. Solar Feed-in Tariffs, which pay solar system owners a premium per kilowatt-hour for the power that they feed into the grid, are one of the key incentive mechanisms for the promotion of renewable energy generation across the [...]

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Solar Power Brisbane – Solar Choice Opens Brisbane Office

February 6, 2012
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Solar Choice, Australia’s Solar Energy Brokering service, has opened a new office in Brisbane, Queensland. The creation of a new branch comes with increasing demand for solar PV installations in the Sunshine State, which currently offers the most generous Solar Feed-in Tariff in Australia, at 44c per kilowatt-hour. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook [...]

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