Comments on: Economic incentives for Solar Systems in Australia

By: Mitra Ardron

Mitra Ardron — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:56:39 +0000

Hang on – I wasn’t saying the Solar Cities Congress was a publicity stunt, to the contrary, it was an excellent conference bringing leaders together from across the world- and really showing up how far behind Australia is.

I meant that many of the delegates at the congress were saying how South Australia’s FEED-IN tariff was a publicity stunt.

By: Suhit Anantula

Suhit Anantula — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:49:44 +0000

Hi Mitra:

You are right about this. I did some research after writing this post and realized that the “net” tariff will not help much.

Thanks for pointing that out.

And you are right about the solar cities congress. It does seem a publicity stunt.

Cheers

By: Mitra Ardron

Mitra Ardron — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:09:14 +0000

As far as I can tell the feed-in tariff will make no difference at all. The people it is targeted at (residential and small consumer) can’t afford to put massive arrays on their homes, so in most cases they will be producing LESS power than they consume. The feed-in tariff (unlike the one proposed for the ACT) is “NET” rather than “GROSS”, which means you only get the 44c on any excess you sell back to the grid, i.e. in 99% of residential scenarios you don’t get it on any of the solar power you produce.

I hope I’ve missed something, but apart from the public acknowledgement at the Solar Cities congress most of the delegates were saying it was a publicity stunt rather than a real feed-in tariff such as the ones in Germany.

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