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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has pledged to create a program offering grants to community groups for the installation of solar panels and battery systems.
There’s a small catch though – re-election.
The program, which would build on the Solar Towns programme, is part of the $30 million Coalition parks and environment policy announced on Saturday
Solar power system owners in regional Queensland will start receiving a more generous rate for their solar electricity exports from July.
The Queensland Competition Authority announced on Friday the new feed-in tariff for regional customers in 2016-17 is 7.448 cents per kilowatt hour; 17.3% higher than 2015-16.
Those receiving the 44 cents per kilowatt hour rate under the Solar Bonus Scheme will not be affected and that level will continue until 2028.
SA Power Networks has announced it will roll out 100 heavily subsidised battery systems in the Adelaide suburb of Salisbury.
Formally launched yesterday afternoon at the Energy Networks 2016 conference, the program will use Tesla Powerwall battery systems and a Samsung energy storage product.
A report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) shows the American government’s solar energy goals could reap the national economy $400 billion just in environmental and health benefits by 2050 if projected solar uptake is achieved.
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