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Solar Power Rebates Brisbane – Key Points:

Remember this date – 30 June 2012. After this date the Federal Government rebate will drop by up to $3000. Act now if you are thinking about installing a solar power system.You can get 3 solar power quotes for your home from Clean Energy Council Brisbane solar panel installers by completing the Brisbane solar quotes form below.

Solar Feed In Tariff Brisbane - Key Points:

Queensland has the highest feed in Tariff payable in Australia – 44 cents per kilowatt hour. What does this mean? Well, solar electric panels produce solar electricity which is first used by your household – what is not used, or is in excess to your usage is ‘fed back’ onto the electricity grid. You are paid (or your power bill credited) at this 44cent / KWH (kilowatt hour) rate. Why is this good? Well you pay , depending on your electricity retailer, probably around 20 cents or so per kilowatt hour – yet when your solar panels system feeds power back to the grid, you get around twice this amount – 44 cents. This means you reduce your power bills and pay back your solar system a lot faster than if you were in other states of Australia. There has been conjecture that this 44 cent tariff may (it has not been confirmed) be cut after June – time will tell – The new N.L.P. Government, to date, has not made any noises indicating this is going to happen…

Solar Power Systems Brisbane – Why Install Solar Panels?

1. With the Carbon Tax electricity prices will increase by between 50 percent to 100% over the next 7-10 years. Having a quality solar power system installed should insulate you from these power price increases. A small, say 1.5kw system will go some way to reducing your power bills. A 1.5KW system can be expected to produce around 6KWH of power per day – the average Aussie power usage is around 16KWH per day , so you will get a reasonable reduction in your power bill, ongoing, for an investment of around $1000 to $2500 depending on the quality of the solar power system you purchase. A 3KW solar panel system will produce around 12KWH per day (obviously the output , or solar electricity varies from season to season) , so you can see, for some households they can eliminate their power bill with a system this size. There many factors in play when considering what size system to install. If your family is predominantly out of the house for most of the daylight hours, then a Brisbane solar power system will export the majority of the solar electricity back onto the grid – for which, as discussed above – you will get the 44 cent feed in tariff, meaning the effective ‘return’ on the system is greater, than for a family that consumes most of the solar power produced by their system, because, say, they are at home during the day or have a relatively large power usage during the day. The bottom line is there are several factors to think about when choosing the size of the solar panels system for your home. Ensure you discuss this in detail before committing to any particular solar installer.

Solar Panels Brisbane Prices – Key Points

As per the above discussion, there are many variables when it comes to the prices quoted by Brisbane solar panel installers. There are a myriad of cheap Chinese solar panels and solar inverters on the market – some have a good track record, like (solar panels) Suntech, C.E.E.G., E.T. solar and the likes and others have a more dubious record of reliability. Inverters like SMA brand seem to have a good track record. It is important to assess warranty and whether there is a long standing Austraian distributor for the products, so if there are issues 5 or 10 years from now, you may be able to get support for these parts.