Elderly residents on a Port Melbourne housing estate are demanding public housing solar installations across Victoria. Many of the 36 residents on the Williamstown Road estate are home most of the day because they are sick or have mobility problems.
The Federal election result is in. What does the Scott Morrison miracle victory – and predicted majority government – mean for solar and climate change? The good news is that the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) – unofficially known as the Federal Government’s solar ‘rebate’- will continue through to 2030.
The first solar project in Sanjeev Gupta’s $1.3 billion renewable energy program has been green-lit by the South Australian government. The 280 MW Cultana Solar Farm, announced by British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta last year, will break ground in October, reports pv magazine Australia.
The current dip in Victorian solar installation quote applications is due to customers waiting for the second phase of the government’s Victorian Solar Homes rebate program to start.