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Community-funded solar

Can community-funded solar panels transform our skyline?

WITHIN a year and a half, 400 photovoltaic panels could be glinting from a single commercial roof in the City of Yarra – and all of them will be owned by the local community.

The medium-scale solar project would be the first of its kind in Australia. It’s kicking off next Saturday, May 19, at a public meeting in Clifton Hill organised by Yarra Climate Action Now.

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Solar Rebates State Government & FETs – Latest News – November 2011

Victoria Rebates to replace existing gas hot water systems with solar hot water systems. Metropolitan Melbourne: $300 – $1,500 Regional Victoria: $400 – $1,600 Rebates vary for solar hot water systems depending on their size (amount of water produced) and performance (solar contribution),

Solar Rebates Federal Government – Latest News – November 2011

Both Federal and State Governments offer a number of incentives for home owners and businesses to go Solar. Solar Power On 1 January 2011 the Renewable Energy Target was split into LRET – (the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target ) and the SRES (Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme). RECs created from 2001 to end 2010

Household solar energy

Despite rebate changes, solar energy is on the rise

Last year, the European Union set a deadline for all new buildings to meet a “nearly zero energy” standard by 2020. It also directed its member countries to make plans to boost the performance of existing buildings. By comparison, Australian building energy standards are far less stringent.

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Tie A Yellow Ribbon For NSW Solar

The yellow ribbon is a symbol of remembering something - and it's a symbol now being used to remind the New South Wales Government of its commitments under the state's Solar