You could gain a $5000 battery bonanza with your solar carport
You could gain a $5000 battery bonanza with your solar carport if you live in Victoria. A re-elected Andrews Labor government has announced it will supply storage solar batteries to homes in Victoria with solar panels if re-elected.
New batteries policy
The grant is aimed at making Victoria Australia’s leader in domestic-scale renewable energy.
The Victorian Labor government has also committed to building six new renewable energy plants across regional Victoria, generating enough power for 640,000 homes. The announcement involves building three solar and three wind farms, producing 928 megawatts of power will be built by private companies.
Household are the big winners
The big winners will be those housholds who have already invested in solar panels. Already there has been 9000 registrations of interest in the subsidised solar program in just three weeks since it began its announcements.
The latest policy announcement is squarely aimed at households in growth suburbs on Melbourne’s fringes, where many of the states’ marginal seats are located and which have shown the highest uptake of solar power generation.
Eligability
To be eligible, applicants will have to be owner-occupiers of a house worth less than $3 million and with an annual household income of less than $180,000.
There will be no “double dipping”, the government says, with only existing solar users able to claim the subsidy for the batteries.
A household installing an average 11kW battery could save around $650 a year on their electricity bills, boosting the savings they are already making with solar panels. The subsidy will be on top of the existing solar rebate scheme.
Great time to buy a solar carport
It looks like a great time to consider installing your own solar carport. The solar carport is easily attached to battery storage and can even be adapted to be your own charging station for your new electric car.
Imagine having almost free transport costs, no more fuel bills and minimal servicing all helped by your government!
It’s a great time to consider a solar carport. You could gain a $5000 battery bonanza with your solar carport by installing now.