Comments on: Carrot wins, Aussies go solar http://www.greenbang.com/carrot-wins-aussies-go-solar_4091.html Sustainable Energy Insight Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter http://www.greenbang.com/carrot-wins-aussies-go-solar_4091.html/comment-page-1#comment-3971 Peter Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:17:02 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/?p=4091#comment-3971 'Carrot wins...' Mea... what's up, Doc? Sorry, I just felt it was worth repeating.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3971','Peter'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3971','Peter','\'Carrot wins...\' Mea... what\'s up, Doc?\r\n\r\nSorry, I just felt it was worth repeating.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> ‘Carrot wins…’ Mea… what’s up, Doc?

Sorry, I just felt it was worth repeating.

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]]> By: Andrew Neilson http://www.greenbang.com/carrot-wins-aussies-go-solar_4091.html/comment-page-1#comment-3966 Andrew Neilson Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:26:33 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/?p=4091#comment-3966 ps - I forgot - the rebate program only has funding for about 6000 applications per year, not 25,000. So an average of 500 per month is good for the government because it meets the annual quota. If only it were 25,000...!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3966','Andrew Neilson'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3966','Andrew Neilson','ps - I forgot - the rebate program only has funding for about 6000 applications per year, not 25,000. So an average of 500 per month is good for the government because it meets the annual quota. If only it were 25,000...!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> ps – I forgot – the rebate program only has funding for about 6000 applications per year, not 25,000. So an average of 500 per month is good for the government because it meets the annual quota. If only it were 25,000…!
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]]> By: Andrew Neilson http://www.greenbang.com/carrot-wins-aussies-go-solar_4091.html/comment-page-1#comment-3965 Andrew Neilson Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:23:52 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/?p=4091#comment-3965 Actually, it's not quite that simple. The rebate was introduced some years ago. In 2006 the former (conservative) government doubled the rebate, to $8000. This had the predictable effect of dramatically increasing demand....to the point where the government program was going to run out of money....so in March 2008 the new (labour) government imposed a means test, so the rebate is only available to families with less than $100k annual income. Naturally the solar industry was, ahem, upset by this... Peter Garrett was addressing the annual conference of solar businesses (I was in the audience), so he was keen to show that the means test had not killed the industry (despite testimony from solar businesses that their orders have dropped by 70% or more and they have laid off staff). The figures don't tell the whole story... What the industry really needs is a *long term* (ie guaranteed for >15 years) gross feed in tariff which rewards clean power generation (regardless of technology or installation size).<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3965','Andrew Neilson'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3965','Andrew Neilson','Actually, it\'s not quite that simple. \r\nThe rebate was introduced some years ago. In 2006 the former (conservative) government doubled the rebate, to $8000. This had the predictable effect of dramatically increasing demand....to the point where the government program was going to run out of money....so in March 2008 the new (labour) government imposed a means test, so the rebate is only available to families with less than $100k annual income. \r\nNaturally the solar industry was, ahem, upset by this... Peter Garrett was addressing the annual conference of solar businesses (I was in the audience), so he was keen to show that the means test had not killed the industry (despite testimony from solar businesses that their orders have dropped by 70% or more and they have laid off staff). The figures don\'t tell the whole story... \r\nWhat the industry really needs is a *long term* (ie guaranteed for >15 years) gross feed in tariff which rewards clean power generation (regardless of technology or installation size).'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Actually, it’s not quite that simple.
The rebate was introduced some years ago. In 2006 the former (conservative) government doubled the rebate, to $8000. This had the predictable effect of dramatically increasing demand….to the point where the government program was going to run out of money….so in March 2008 the new (labour) government imposed a means test, so the rebate is only available to families with less than $100k annual income.
Naturally the solar industry was, ahem, upset by this… Peter Garrett was addressing the annual conference of solar businesses (I was in the audience), so he was keen to show that the means test had not killed the industry (despite testimony from solar businesses that their orders have dropped by 70% or more and they have laid off staff). The figures don’t tell the whole story…
What the industry really needs is a *long term* (ie guaranteed for >15 years) gross feed in tariff which rewards clean power generation (regardless of technology or installation size).
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