Ross Gittins; The 6 Principles of effective complimentary measures
Policy making in Australia is in such a poor state of affairs, I often wonder of my Gen Y daughter is somehow directing policy in Canberra, in between lectures and pouring coffee. Ross Gittins of the...
View ArticleSorry, but I don’t think the PV industry should be designing FIT’s
I didn’t mention golf, sex or beer, but hopefully I got your attention. Although I sit in the big brown land down under, I have been watching the evolution of PV FIT’s around the world for almost two...
View ArticleAre we smart enough for smart grids?
Lets face it; residential PV needs Smart Grid Networks. Why? Firstly, consumer energy demand continues to grow and the peaks are getting peakier. Utilities and Governments are desperate to understand,...
View ArticleThe rising cost of PV administration
Just read a thought provoking article on the issue of rising administration costs associated with PV system sales and installation here. Full credit to John Farell and Renewable Energy World for...
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NSW FIT – Cost recovery glitch
Readers would know about the NSW Gross FIT scheme (SolarBonusScheme) which is for all intents and purposes dead in the water after an explosive 12 months. The fact that the scheme’s costs to the...
View ArticleIs Residential PV better than Large scale PV?
Funny how “the blindingly obvious” is sometimes, not so obvious. Although the scale benefits of Large Scale PV seem obvious, the debate on where the best economics lie is heating up. Recent research on...
View ArticleHot news! – No change to ACT G FIT
The ACT Government has apparently ignored the advice of the Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) to lower the rate for its PV G FIT, which is currently the best in Australia. The...
View ArticleSA FIT update
SA Electricity (Misc) Amendment Bill 2011 Last night I was in Melbourne and visited the world famous Comedy Festival. I saw the hilarious Arge Barker, Steven K Amos and was surprised to see the South...
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SbS in Australian Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review published several articles on the Australian Solar industry today, including one titled “Sun Shines on solar industry”. SolarBusinessServices prides itself on being an...
View ArticleNSW Solar Bonus – Dead or Alive
UPDATE 2.22pm THE SCHEME IS DEAD. According to the Age, Minister for Energy Chris Hartcher announced this afternoon that: “The NSW government has suspended the Solar Bonus Scheme due to cost blowouts”...
View ArticleOFarrell Government applies retrospective changes to NSW G FIT
Incredulous news. The NSW O’Farrell Government has just announced that whilst letting through an additional 65MW of new applications to the NSW G FIT scheme (on 20c), they will also RESTROSPECTIVELY...
View ArticleNSW – taking tips on Governance from the Czech Republic
Update: see the rules here I have plenty of good friends who are Czechs. But I cant help thinking that their is a bizarre parallel between its retro-active tax on PV installations, invoked in December...
View ArticleWhen certainty is not certain
Friday the 13th of May 2011 will go down in history as the Australian solar industry’s bleakest hour. The NSW Government’s announcement to retrospectively change legislation guaranteeing $0.60c/kWh for...
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Solar Rally in action
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View ArticleSolar Rally goes huge
Latest news is that more than 1000 disgruntled voters have turned up forcing the rally to move outside to cater for the massive crowd TweetThe post Solar Rally goes huge appeared first on Solar...
View ArticleUpdate on NSW
A quick summary on our activity on the NSW Solar Bonus fiasco. I have spent more than a week now dedicated fully to this cause, along with Warwick Johnston, John Grimes and Geoff Bragg plus a support...
View ArticleACT update
Fresh from the ABC today: A Legislative Assembly budget estimates hearing has been told the scheme has been a lot more popular than expected with at least 400 new applications a week. The residential...
View ArticleNSW SBS scheme data
Following our meetings with NSW Government and their disappointingly slow response to our request for accurate data on the scheme, I lodged an FOI yesterday. You can read about it here...
View ArticleA historic day for solar advocates
The seventh of June 2011 will go down as a seminal day for the PV industry. State Premier Barry O’Farrell announced that he would not proceed with retrospective cuts to the States Gross Feed in Tariff...
View ArticleNSW Solar Summit wrap up
Yesterday I attended the NSW Government’s Solar Summit in Newcastle, along with around 200 others. There are several ways you could peceive the day, depending on your expectations and hopes for...
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