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Melton locals are being encouraged to make the switch to solar this year through the government’s Solar Homes Program. Local […]

Maximising solar energy self-consumption to become even more attractive in Victoria, with lower minimum feed-in tariffs kicking in from July.

The state government is implementing a new ban on high pressure sales tactics, such as door-to-door sales or cold-calling. These […]

The Andrews Labor Government is protecting electricity and gas customers with a new ban on high pressure sales tactics, such as door-to-door sales or

The Victorian Government has awarded grants to jumpstart the roll-out of neighbourhood-scale batteries and energy storage studies to maximise benefits of...

Updated August 16, 8:50pm AEST: Although subject to change,  home solar panel installations are currently listed as authorised providers under the

A Dandenong South solar-panel company has been fined a thumping $3 million and its director $450,000 for “unconscionably” preying on […]

Advertisement Thousands of Victorian homeowners having solar power installed are being told by the state’s distributors they will not be able to feed electricity into the network, as a rising tide of sustainable power hits the energy grid. The block on new solar power feeding into Victoria’s grid comes despite a decade of warnings by regulators to the state’s power distributors they need to spend money on upgrading their networks. Matt Pilsbury switched on his new $8200 solar sys...

Victoria’s rapid rise in renewables to slash prices, threaten coal We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Victoria is experiencing an influx of new wind and solar farms after a rapid four-fold increase in applications for generation licences since 2017, slashing daytime power prices and adding to the pressure engulfing coal-fired power stations. The state energy regulator has faced a 300 per cent surge in...

20 January 2021 Victoria – the Australian state hardest hit by Covid-19 in 2020 – has rounded out the pandemic-themed year with a couple of encouraging home energy storage milestones, including the biggest month for solar battery rebate uptake, and the biggest month for battery installations. The latest data on the state’s Solar Homes program shows that there was a record total of 429 applications for the solar battery rebate in the second-last month of the year, in November, and 183 home...