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Stop cuts to solar feed-in tariff (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) Greens energy spokesperson Ellen Sandell says the Victorian Government must immediately reverse cuts to the solar feed-in-tariff. Yesterday the Essential Services Commission...

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ENERGY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (PUBLICATION OF RETAIL OFFERS) BILL 2015...

(Source: Australian Greens) Ms SANDELL (Melbourne) - I rise to say that the Greens will support the Energy Legislation Amendment (Publication of Retail Offers) Bill 2015. It increases the accessibility...

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SOLAR FEED-IN CUTS UNFAIR (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) Greens energy spokesperson Ellen Sandell says the proposed cut to the price paid for electricity fed into the grid by solar customers is unfair and will only...

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Energy saving light bulbs on the agenda, but Victorian solar rate cut

Victorians will be offered door-to-door installation of energy-saving light bulbs and other appliances for another five years, but owners of rooftop solar panels will get paid less for power they pump...

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Getting A Fair Deal For Victorians With Solar Panels (Premier of Victoria)

(Source: Premier of Victoria) The Andrews Labor Government welcomes a draft report recommending changes to way energy retailers pay customers with solar panels and other renewable energy technologies...

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Time To Take The Power Back: How The States Can Get Around The Cut To The...

The deal has been done and the Senate has officially passed legislation to cut the Federal Renewable Energy Target by 20 per cent. However, states like NSW don't have to sit back and watch their wind...

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To pay solar households fairly, we need to understand the true value of solar...

(Source: UTS - University of Technology, Sydney) The Australian government is reviewing our electricity market to make sure it can provide secure and reliable power in a rapidly changing world. Faced...

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Solar customers to lose out under Labor and Liberal plans (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) Greens energy spokesperson Ellen Sandell says solar customers are set for higher power bills, regardless of whether the Victorian Government's feed-in tariff legislation...

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'Wild and wacky': government changes tune on Clean Energy Finance Corporation

An Abbott government push for the nation's green bank to fund only fledgling clean energy technology has been questioned after it emerged Trade Minister Andrew Robb once appeared to describe such...

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The Australian government is still hating on wind and solar power

The Australian government has taken its disdain for solar and wind energy to a whole new level. On Saturday, reports emerged that the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), a government-created...

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Taxes, fees: the worldwide battle between utilities and solar

By Tracy Rucinski and Byron Kaye MADRID/SYDNEY (Reuters) - A year after Spain, the sunniest country in Europe, issued notice of a law forcing solar energy-equipped homes and offices to pay a punitive...

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EDITORIAL: Rooftop solar units offer hope

Related articles Failures take Eskom to load-shedding brink Call to tie more rooftop solar panels into grid Eskom cannot continue to ignore reality New technology ‘will assist Africa’ In this article...

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Queensland Election 2015: Labor releases solar policy

Environment spokeswoman Jackie Trad says "mum and dad" solar users are currently being punished. Photo: Supplied (Solar Sunwerx) Queensland Election: Full coverage Labor wants more solar panels on...

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The sun is setting on solar, but there’s still time to scoop the feed-in tariffs

Householders are rushing to take advantage of generous Fits before they are cut in January – and you can too...

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State government hides in the dark as green power generation booms...

(Source: Australian Greens) A Greens' has found WA householders have installed equivalent capacity to two coal-fired power stations, exposing the state government's lack of planning and preparedness as...

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Thousands of social tenants will lose out if solar subsidies cuts go ahead

Proposed cuts will halt solar panel schemes on up to 45,000 UK social homes, that could save households £200 a year on energy bills, say renewable energy firms...

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Pressure builds on Abbott government to relent on renewable energy cuts

Solar jobs are on the line if renewable energy target is weakened or scrapped. Confidence is growing among clean energy supporters that the Abbott government will be forced to back down over plans to...

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Solar installation in British homes falls by three quarters after subsidy cuts

Lack of incentives to households result in sharp decline in uptake of solar power compared to last year, official figures reveal...

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Greens’ plan for a fair go for solar in the Sunshine State (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) With Australian Greens leader Christine Milne, the Queensland Greens today launched their state election campaign on a solar platform surrounded by supporters at Davies Park...

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Federal Labor To Vote Against Allowing State And Territory Renewable Energy...

The federal Labor Party is today refusing to support an amendment to the Renewable Energy Target which would allow states and territories to grow their clean energy sectors independently of the...

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Victorian green investment bank could fill void (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) MEDIA RELEASE Victorian green investment bank could fill void Acting Greens leader Sam Hibbins says the Andrews Government needs to establish a state-based green investment...

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Government pulls the plug on household solar heating

The Abbott government has opened up another front in its war on renewable energy by pulling the plug on investments in the most common form of alternative energy, rooftop and small-scale solar. As a...

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Government pulls the plug on household solar

The Abbott government has opened up another front in its war on renewable energy by pulling the plug on investments in the most common form of alternative energy, rooftop and small-scale solar. As a...

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Victoria left behind as NSW forges renewable future (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber has called for the Napthine Government to replicate their NSW Liberal colleagues' policy of equipping public buildings with solar...

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Solar popularity soars – government must protect the RET (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) Australian Greens Leader Christine Milne says the Abbott government must drop its attack on the Renewable Energy Target, as new ABS data confirms renewable energy is hugely...

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Tesla offers a better way for electricity, but it's not cheap

Households eager to cut their power costs by installing Tesla's sleek Powerwall battery can count on at least seven to 10 years before they recoup the cost of their investment, if they're lucky. Sales...

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Lack of support for renewables ‘ludicrous’ say Greens, as government cuts...

(Source: Green Party of England and Wales) 28 August 2015 Green Party energy spokesperson Cllr Andrew Cooper has condemned the huge cuts the government has proposed to the feed-in tariff for solar...

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Greens pledge almost $3b for new batteries to be paid by fossil fuel industries

As many as 1.2 million homes could have new battery storage systems within five years under a Greens proposal costing almost $3 billion to be paid for by the aviation and fossil fuel industries. The...

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Solar schools project threatened by renewable energy cuts

Campaigners say a charitable scheme to install solar panels in schools in England and Wales will be ‘unsustainable’ if cuts to the feed-in tariff go ahead...

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Feed-in tariff system for Hong Kong solar energy not practical, says CLP...

Small-scale producers of solar energy can readily link themselves to the grid - but this would prove impractical and costly as most would only generate enough electricity to power themselves, says an...

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Greens call for 'fair go for solar' power

Renewable energy is providing a greater slice of our power needs. Photo: Justin McManus Queensland Election: Full coverage The Queensland Greens have unveiled an aggressive Fair Go for Solar policy...

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Getting A Better Deal For Families With Solar Panels (Premier of Victoria)

(Source: Premier of Victoria) The Andrews Labor Government has launched an inquiry to ensure Victorians with solar panels are paid fairly for the power they generate. There are more than 245,000 solar...

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Liberal and Labor parties gang up to gut Renewable Energy Target and burn...

(Source: Australian Greens) The Liberal and Labor parties have ganged up to gut the Renewable Energy Target and allow native forest burning under that target in the Senate tonight. Senator Larissa...

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Media release: Hazelwood power station to burn native forests (Australian...

(Source: Australian Greens) The Greens have revealed that Hazelwood power station could remain open for years to come by burning Victoria's native forests for energy, under changes to the federal RET...

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Canning byelection: solar industry urges voters to reject Liberals 'war on...

Solar Council letterboxes all electors in Western Australia’s seat of Canning encouraging them to vote for Labor, the Greens or the Palmer United party...

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Abbott’s not-so-secret goal? To destroy renewables (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) Tony Abbott has admitted today that the intention of his deal with Labor to slash our Renewable Energy Target was not to give clean energy certainty but to destroy the...

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Greens giving Queenslanders the power with a state Renewable Energy Target...

(Source: Australian Greens) Queensland Senator Larissa Waters and Queensland Greens energy spokesperson Scott Thomson today launched the Greens' policy for a Queensland Renewable Energy Target (RET),...

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Synergy plan to make solar less viable (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) Wednesday, 13 August Plans by Synergy to charge solar panel customers more to connect to the grid than others is unfair and unrealistic, according to WA Greens Energy...

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PM Abbott’s war on renewables hurts low-income families, retirees (Australian...

(Source: Australian Greens) The Abbott government's decision to stop the Clean Energy Finance Corporation investing in rooftop solar will hurt Australians who are trying to make ends meet, said Greens...

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Abbott must reject RET review to save 1400 Victorian jobs (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) Abbott must reject RET review to save 1400 Victorian jobs The Abbott government must reject the recommendations of the Warburton review into the Renewable Energy Target or...

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Cost of household solar has outweighed benefits: Grattan Institute report

Report on solar power puts the capital cost of household systems at $18 billion, with benefits of $9 billion. Photo: The cost of installing and maintaining more than one million household solar power...

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Solar booming in Victoria (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says the latest data shows solar is booming in Victoria, but changes in state and federal government policies are a risk to the industry....

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Abbott's crusade to shatter WA's solar boom (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) The Australian Greens said today that the federal government to move to ban the Clean Energy Finance Corporation from investing in small scale solar will impede WA's rapid...

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Victorian solar electricity feed-in-tariff set to be cut for 2016

Victorian households with rooftop solar could get as little as five cents a kilowatt-hour for the power they pump back into the grid next year, The move would shave off 1.2 cents from the current...

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RET slash and burn: state based action needed to save jobs (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) Greens NSW MP John Kaye is calling for a state-based clean energy scheme to secure a strong future for the industry following the shameful deal between Federal Labor and the...

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More needed to get wind industry back on track (Australian Greens)

(Source: Australian Greens) Greens energy spokesperson Ellen Sandell says the Victorian Government's reduction of wind farm veto zones is a welcome move, but much more needs to be done to get the wind...

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