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Solar powered homes are increasing in popularity as Australian homeowners are realising that they can save money on energy bills and even potentially beat rising energy bills altogther by making money from solar energy by selling excess energy back to the grid. You can also help the environment by reducing the nation's reliance on fossil fuels and boost the value of your home.
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Here's what you can do to beat rising energy prices - go solar. Invest in a solar panel system and start saving money immediately. And if you can afford it and have enough space on your roof, you could install a sufficently big grid connected solar panel system so you can actually start marking money as you become a net exporter of energy back to the grid! Imagine that, you could be cracking up the heat in winter or cooling down in summer without it making a dent in your wallet.
Start today by getting 3 solar quotes from local, accredited installers. Once you've received your quote, pick the best quote and have it installed when you're ready.
Sunshine and Solar Energy Across Australia
There are 160 fossil-fuel power stations in operation across the nation with more proposed as older stations go offline. Yet Australia is blessed with abundant sunshine meaning that there are loads of sunlight hours everyday when solar panel systems can be producing energy for consumption. In fact, according to Professor Ian Lowe from the Australian Conservation Foundation, Australia could power the whole world's energy demands for about 6 months if sunlight from just one summer's day could be harnessed. That's how much sunshine we get.
The northern parts of the Northern Territory and most of Queensland get the most sunshine in Australia with poor old Tasmania getting the least sunshine. There are a number of small sun farms in Australia but the most energy is produced from rooftop solar panel installtions by homeowners.
The Cost of Energy
The average cost of powering an average Australian home has been rising and energy bills are set to continue rising. There are a number of things you can do to reduce your home energy bills whether you install solar panels or not. There's a cocktail of reasons why home energy bills are going up.
On the energy companies side of things, the increased cost of generating power comes down to much needed upgrades to the grid plus rolling out of environmental programs and working towards meeting mandatory renewable energy targets imposed on power companies by state and federal governments.
On the consumers end, an ever growing list of power-hungry appliances such as air-con, lighting, fridges, dishwashers, bigger TVs, washing machines, swimming pool pumps and personal computers are causing bills to go up.
Government Rebates and Feed-In Tariffs
At a Federal level of government there are rebates in the form of Renewable Energy Certificates that get issued electronically once your solar panel system has been installed. This REC's are worth roughly $30 each and they help to greatly reduce the upfront cost of installing solar panels.
And at the state level, there Feed-In Tariffs which give you a certain cent per kW. Feed-In tariffs in ACT and NSW are done on the model of gross feed-in of energy back to the grid. Feed-in tariffs in NSW and ACT are run on the gross model meaning for every kW of energy that you produce you get paid the feed-in tariff rate. All other states in Australia run on the net model meaning you only get paid you for the excess energy that you produce.
Note: Please note that this website cannot give you specific numbers on solar panel installation costs, REC's discount, estimated gross outputs or technical details specifically for your home or business solar panel installation. Get free quotes from solar installers in your area and you can get all of these details.