The solar industry has launched its campaign to save industry incentives by releasing a new analysis that demonstrates the cost of the those incentives on household bills is effectively zero. […]
Category: Renewable Energy Target for Solar Panel Systems
Solar Choice articles about the federal government’s Renewable Energy Target and associated solar PV incentives.
With Renewable Energy Target review underway, solar industry takes facts into battle
The review of the federal Renewable Energy Target is now officially underway–and it will be ‘extensive’. The government, having made clear on numerous occasions its intentions of eliminating ‘green tape’ […]
How you can help save Australia’s Renewable Energy Target
Renewables are currently in the hot seat as electric utilities lobby to eliminate or weaken the primary incentive mechanism left in Australia that supports them: The Renewable Energy Target. It’s […]
Australian Solar Council kicks off campaign to save the Renewable Energy Target
The Australian Solar Council has launched a campaign to protect the Renewable Energy Target (RET) and to ‘save solar’. The Solar Council has thus far been one of the most […]
Axing the small-scale renewables target could cost 7,000 solar jobs
The Australian solar industry – which employs more people than the gold mining, and oil and gas industries, and nearly as many as coal mining – could lose nearly two […]
Utilities & generators pushing for weaker small-scale Renewable Energy Target
The rooftop solar PV industry in Australia is likely to see some or all of its tariff support and other incentives removed because of pressure on the government from leading […]
Renewable Energy Target (RET) review will soon be underway: What are the implications for solar PV?
The Renewable Energy Target (RET) is one of the most important policy mechanisms for renewable energy in Australia, and it is arguably the only one that affects every player in […]
Among Coalition’s changes to renewable support schemes, an ARENA budget cut for the 1m solar homes program
The Coalition, as largely anticipated, has come to power following the 7 September election, riding a wave of anti-Labour sentiment. Everyone involved in renewables or with an interest in renewable […]
Renewable Energy Target review results: ‘Small-scale’ solar threshold stays at 100kW
The review of the federal government’s Renewable Energy Target (RET) has come to a close, and the results are mostly good news for Australia’s solar industry. Most importantly, the 100kW […]
Climate Change Authority releases final report on the Renewable Energy Target (RET) Scheme
The Climate Change Authority released it’s final report on the Renewable Energy Target (RET) Scheme at 10am on Wednesday 19 December 2012. The recommendations made in the report will require legislative change […]
