What will happen to solar panel pricing with government discount over?

Futureproof said :

If every home in the ACT had solar ACTEWAGL (or whatever they are called this week) would raise the price of some other service they provide. Remember the water saving initiative of the early 2000s? Those trailers positioned everywhere to remind us to reduce our water usage. So, it was so successful that the bean counters at ACTEWAGL raised water rates to cover the short fall from people doing the right thing. I trust ACTEWAGL as much as I trust politicians.

Try going off-grid in the burbs (Tesla wall and other tech) and see what the Government thinks about that.

It is my understanding that you are allowed to disconnect from the electricity network and go off grid in the suburbs. You can’t disconnect from water (even if you don’t use any), but you can from electricity.

If every home in the ACT had solar ACTEWAGL (or whatever they are called this week) would raise the price of some other service they provide. Remember the water saving initiative of the early 2000s? Those trailers positioned everywhere to remind us to reduce our water usage. So, it was so successful that the bean counters at ACTEWAGL raised water rates to cover the short fall from people doing the right thing. I trust ACTEWAGL as much as I trust politicians.

Try going off-grid in the burbs (Tesla wall and other tech) and see what the Government thinks about that.

On hot days like today we could use some walkways with solar panel roofs. The issues with solar on every roof would be that tbe grid has to handle the fluctuations in load. A cloud or dust storm quickly reduces load all at once.

Payback time for energy used to create silicon cells is about 3 to 6 years or longer depending on how much power is wasted.

dungfungus said :

gooterz said :

An all green system wouldn’t need ACTPLA to turn on unless it connected to the grid, which in this case wouldn’t be “All Green” as the grid isn’t all green generated power.

But wouldn’t that necessitate every Canberra home having candles and kero heaters after sunset?

dungfungus said :

gooterz said :

An all green system wouldn’t need ACTPLA to turn on unless it connected to the grid, which in this case wouldn’t be “All Green” as the grid isn’t all green generated power.

But wouldn’t that necessitate every Canberra home having candles and kero heaters after sunset?

Not with batteries, as households have if they go off-grid.

As for heating, not “every Canberra home”.
Not those houses designed and built properly. They rarely need to be heated at night, and as for daytime almost never. In three winters I think I have only heated my house in the daytime once or twice. And no, I don’t go cold. My house didn’t come with any supplementary heating (except small wall mounted heaters in the bathrooms), but I later added a wood-fired stove for the rare evening I want to be a bit warmer, and it can also be used to cook on in a blackout. This heats the whole house. I use it for a few hours and then shut it up and it cools down over night. Next day I likely won’t need it, as the heat is now in the house.

I would hope that the local council would be encouraging households to take up panels wherever possible. The net FIT is still not bad if you work out your max daytime load, and size accordingly. The administration between ACTPLA and Act Gov I have to agree, needs alot of improvement.

gooterz said :

An all green system wouldn’t need ACTPLA to turn on unless it connected to the grid, which in this case wouldn’t be “All Green” as the grid isn’t all green generated power.

But wouldn’t that necessitate every Canberra home having candles and kero heaters after sunset?

An all green system wouldn’t need ACTPLA to turn on unless it connected to the grid, which in this case wouldn’t be “All Green” as the grid isn’t all green generated power.