Green Energy
Along its solar energy development journey, Australia has known unlimited hurdles and hold backs due the government’s policies. We can’t deny that the government is trying hard to push the Australian solar energy scene forward, but it still seems not enough and that it really needs to be worked on further. Due to this delay and grief made by the government, SEA, the Sustainable Energy Association Of Australia, has stepped ahead trying to make it right by suggesting a competitive market in which Australian people are encouraged to go green.
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Green Energy
We Think It’s Time To Take Solar Energy Seriously In Australia
Along its solar energy development journey, Australia has known unlimited hurdles and hold backs due the government’s policies. We can’t deny that the government is trying hard to push the Australian solar energy scene forward, but it still seems not enough and that it really needs to be worked on further. Due to this delay and grief made by the government, SEA, the Sustainable Energy Association Of Australia, has stepped ahead trying to make it right by suggesting a competitive market in which Australian people are encouraged to go green.
On the 7th of October 2011, an industry survey has taken place concerning Western Australia’s solar scene; it has declared that the Australian residential solar industry had taken huge leaps forward and had been growing at an encouraging pace but is now severely threatened due to the ever-changing government subsidies.
The survey hasn’t stopped at stating such general facts but it has also mentioned some numbers: 73% of people surveyed stated that the feed-in tariff reduction has caused the sales to fall downhill. It’s obvious that this reduction has caused employees a hard time as well as some companies are going to have to set free about 49% of their workers which is not good news of course; imagining an 3000 workers factory, we can assume that the results are going to be catastrophic upon the “disposal” of 1500 innocent and financially crushed workers. Many businesses are closing their doors altogether, the industry has already witnessed some major players falling by the way. Is that Government support of a necessary industry?
And in order to push the solar energy usage further in Western Australia, Ray Wills (SEA Chief), is encouraging households to install solar energy panels on their rooftops and start using the green free electricity instead of the polluted one, which offers ever increasing prices. The bungling of the incentive tariff scheme has made this very difficult now. It is time for the self-proclaimed environment guardians to step up to the plate and show the desire to protect our planet as its general population has done!
- Where Is Your State In The Solar Race?
Solar households now represent almost 1.7 GW of installed capacity says Professor Ray Wills, chief adviser to the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA). The impressive tally, gained from data up until the end of March sourced...
- Solar Companies To Sue Uk Government
Solar companies are planning to sue the government for £140m in damages, because of the cuts to subsidies in 2011 that were subsequently ruled "legally flawed" in the high court.The 17 companies said the way in which the changes to the feed-in...
- Solar In Governments Hands
The Australian government in July started charging polluters for the carbon they emit to reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels and encourage wind and solar power. The country also plans to invest $10 billion in Clean Energy Finance Corp. to help...
- Aussies Lead The Way
Australian households installed more residential rooftop solar power systems last year than any other nation. Approximately 392,500 new home solar systems were activated in 2011 according to data from the Clean Energy Regulator and the International...
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