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You need a shelter to protect your car and a good standard carport is going to cost you over $5000 to complete. Here is a superb looking carport that comes with a big help from the National Government.
The current “Rebate” for anyone buying a solar system of up to 100kW is called the STC program. Which stands for Small-scale Technology Certificate. The government says that this should not be called a “solar rebate”. The Clean Energy website says the following:-
“Under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme the reduction in the cost of your solar panel is not a rebate. You will not qualify for any Government-based financial recompense at the completion of any process relating to STCs.”
Basically the hundreds or even thousands of dollars you get off your solar carport system price (usually by assigning the rights to its STC certificates to your installer) does not actually come from the government, rather, it is a government program, but it gets other people to buy your certificates. It’s a government run scheme, using other people’s money to provide the subsidy to you, so lets not worry too much about the technicalities – It’s money to you to help pay for your new Solar Carport!
With most of us destined to be buying an electric car at some point over the next 15 years or so (as it will be too expensive to buy a car with an internal combustion engine as they will be so rare!) it makes sense to have your own home personal charger – a solar carport is a great idea and it will increase the value of my home.