Recently the Gillard Government warned it might remove solar energy subsidies and review the value of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECS). In New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally reduced the gross feed-in tariff from 60 to 20 cents per kilowatt. Anyone installing solar in the future in NSW will receive less for their clean contribution to…
Last week Kristina Keneally certainly extinguished the ‘light on the hill’ for up to 2000 workers in the solar industry and for the many thousands of residents yet to connect solar panels. The Premier reduced the ‘feed-in tariff’ paid for solar power entering the grid from 60 cents to 20 cents” said Ged McCarthy Chairman…
In a swift and sudden backroom move today Kristina Keneally’s dying government has forced the NSW solar industry back into the dark ages, making the NSW feed-in tariff the lowest in Australia (actually less than the rate paid for coal generated electricity). This surprise closure of the current rebate programme (which was heralded as a…
The State of Illinois is facing an important renewable energy deadline in 2025, and Northwestern University’s Harold H. Kung has a piece of advice for Springfield to consider now: Investment Tax Credit. Illinois is obligated to begin increasing its production of electricity from renewable sources, and a significant chunk of that will be wind power….
On Friday, Chairman of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Mr Ged McCarthy met with key independent and member for New England, Tony Windsor. They discussed the renewable energy industry and in particular solar power. “It was great that just after getting back from a busy sitting period in Canberra, Tony met with us at…
