Can you imagine a ‘passive home’ with zero power bills and solar earning $2,000 per year from a high-tech solar battery system? In Melbourne a Ringwood North property is achieving this carbon neutral living using state-of-the-art design and technology designed in Europe.
The Latrobe Valley in Eastern Victoria’s Gippsland region will become the central location for the Victorian government’s new Solar Homes plan if Labor is re-elected in November. The Latrobe Valley Express also reports that the new authority, Solar Victoria, will be located in the new GovHub building in Church Street, Morwell. The Government office hub should be completed by 2020.
Victoria’s tenants could benefit from a new renter’s solar power policy advanced by the Greens ahead of November’s state election.
Queensland’s Darling Downs is enjoying a solar boom as clean energy helps the region’s economy bounce back from a downturn in the coal seam gas industry.