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Home battery uptake sets record highs in Victoria
New data shows Victoria closed out 2020 with records for solar battery rebate uptake and installation, as fortnightly allocations of discounted home batteries get “snapped up.”
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 20, 2021

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Solar

Victoria solar demand still sizzling: another 3,250 rebates gone in 20 minutes
Second-round September offer of 3,250 rooftop solar rebates taken up in little more than a quarter of an hour.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 17, 2019

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Solar

Victoria’s boosted rooftop solar rebate fully subscribed in minutes
Victoria’s rooftop PV rebate again taken up in record time, with boosted September offering of 6,500 discounted home solar panel systems disappearing in under an hour.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 5, 2019

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Solar

Victoria rooftop solar scheme to re-open Thursday – 6,000 rebates still on offer
Solar Victoria’s online application portal to re-open Thursday September 5 at 9am, with around 6,000 home solar rebates still up for grabs.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 4, 2019

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Solar

Victoria rooftop solar rebate under fire again, as application portal crashes
Victoria’s troubled rooftop solar rebate hits another snag, with “technical difficulties” crashing the online application portal on day one of expanded September offering.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 2, 2019

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Solar

Victoria government triples number of home solar rebates for September
Victoria Labor government yields to calls to fix troubled rooftop solar rebate, with raft of changes including almost tripling number of applications open for September.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 28, 2019

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Solar

Victoria solar “mess” continues, as Coalition push for inquiry falls flat
Pressure builds on Victorian government to amend “botched” rooftop solar rebate, as opposition push for parliamentary inquiry fails to muster enough votes.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 16, 2019

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Solar

Solar rebate battle continues, as industry readies for “bigger” protest
A second Victorian solar industry protest – this time targeting the Premier’s office – is being planned for Thursday, as calls to amend the state’s rooftop rebate scheme intensify.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 5, 2019

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Solar

It’s time for Victoria to right the solar ship – before it sinks
Victoria’s rooftop solar rebate has now entered nightmare territory. There are four possible options available to the state government for ‘fixing’ the scheme.
Warwick Johnston

Aug 2, 2019

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Solar

Victoria solar rebate “disaster” as August quota fills in 90 minutes
Solar industry says Victoria rebate scheme is a disaster as August quota exhausted – concert ticket-style – in just 90 minutes, confirming fears the government scheme is strangling the market.
Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson

Aug 1, 2019

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