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Battery

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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Storage

Home battery boost as Victoria expands rebate, NSW launches interest-free loans
Victoria has expanded its government rebate for battery storage to more than 250 postcodes, while NSW has finally launched the pilot for its interest-free solar battery loans.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 4, 2020

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Press Releases

Ivor Frischknecht to chair Solar Victoria Industry and Consumer Reference Group
Former ARENA chief to chair Solar Victoria’s Industry and Consumer Reference Group, to ensure 10-year program delivered safely and to highest standards.
Press Release

Nov 15, 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

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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“We’re hurting” – Solar industry rallies against rooftop rebate in Victoria
Public protest calls on Victorian government to fix or scrap its rooftop solar panel rebate, to prevent further job losses and company failures.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 25, 2019

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Solar

Victoria rooftop solar rebate in hot demand, with July quota filled in just days
Victorian households waiting to install half-price solar might have to wait another few weeks, after the July quota of the state government’s rooftop rebate was filled within days.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 4, 2019

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Solar

Rooftop solar rebate reopens to “pent-up” demand in Victoria
More than 1000 applications flood in as Victoria’s $1.3bn Solar Homes rebate kicks off in earnest. Batteries are on offer too – but just 200 from now to November.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 1, 2019

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