Solar Power Offer

News update: 9 June 2009

The Federal Government today announced the immediate closure of the $8,000 means-tested solar PV rebate. The rebate had been scheduled to end on 30 June 2009. The rebate will be replaced with a Solar Credits system which will become available once the Renewable Energy Target (RET) legislation passes through Parliament next week.

Live Green With Solar $550 for 1kW PV offer now closed.

Our previous Solar Power System offer was valid for those able to receive the $8000 rebate. With the end of the rebate we have ended the offer at that price.

About the new Solar Credits system

The Solar Credits system applies a multiplier of 5 to every single Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) created by the installation of a solar power system, up to the size of 1.5kW.  Therefore, there is no rebate. But there is a five-times increase in the number of Renewable Energy Certificates that you can create. The total value of these carbon credits is likely to be under $8000 for a 1kW system, but it will depend on how many RECs your system produces and the current market price of RECs.

New Live Green With Solar Offer open to EVERYONE – no means testing requirements!

A new offer, based on the Solar Credits system, will be released here shortly.

If you want a highly competitive price on a quality solar power system, register now by emailing solar@lowenergy.com.au or call 1300 858 140, between 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.

The Solar Credits system has 4 key benefits to Live Green with Solar customers.

  1. It will be open to all householders  - the previous scheme limited the offer to households earning $100,000 or less
  2. It will cover larger solar power systems – up to 1.5kW instead of the previous 1kW limit.
  3. Small businesses will now be able to access Solar Credits if they want PV on their premises.
  4. There’s less paper work and red tape for getting PV installed.