MEDIA RELEASE
Thursday 5 October 2006
Time for South Australians to go solar!
Greenpeace and the Conservation Council of South Australia today urged any South Australian household or business whod ever thought about going solar to take advantage of South Australias proposed new solar laws. The solar feed-in laws just announced by Premier Rann will pay a premium for electricity generated by solar panels that is fed into the grid.
Conservation Council Campaigner Julia Winefield said today:
Environment groups warmly welcome the South Australian governments decision to pass a solar feed-in law. This is exactly the type of innovation that will be the way of the future.
This move by the Rann Government makes it the most attractive time ever to install solar power in South Australia, building on the existing federal subsidies for people who install solar panels, and will help South Australia to meet its important renewable energy target of 20% by 2014.
If South Australians have been thinking of installing solar, now is the time, particularly given that the Federal government has not committed to extending their solar rebate beyond June 2007.
Greenpeace Energy campaigner Mark Wakeham said:
South Australia is the first Australian state to introduce a solar feed-in law which is a great achievement. This sort of incentive has been used very effectively in Germany to create a solar industry that is now employing 30,000 people.
This law gives South Australias renewable energy target the legislative clout that it needs, but it will still be important that broader renewable energy legislation is developed to support wind power, bioenergy and geothermal projects. Solar power is growing at 40% annually, faster than any other form of electricity generation on the planet. SA now looks set to get a slice of the solar action , concluded Mark Wakeham.
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For further information or comment contact:
Mark WakehamGreenpeace0409 542 753
Julia WinefieldConservation Council of SA0411 028 930
