Thursday 12 September 2013

Solar Energy Rebates in Perth

By Ian Milne


Solar energy has gained more renown and more folks are using this alternative source of energy partly or absolutely. The advantages of using solar electricity are numerous as you will make savings on your energy bills, you'll scale back your carbon emissions footprint as the quantity of energy that you use and you will find that solar energy is cleaner energy as it doesn't produce any contaminants.

Because the installation costs of solar energy system can be excessive and also for increased motivation to make use of this cleaner form of energy, there's a system of solar rebates in Perth available.

When you install a solar system in your home then you qualify for solar rebates in Perth using Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). This is figured out using a number of factors like the size of your solar system and the quantity of energy it produces, the position of your home and REC price that you the owner of the house and the solar system installer will agree upon. One REC unit is equal to 1 hour of electricity megawatt power. The more solar energy that you can generate using your solar system the more the savings you can get.

You should also realize that REC costs change like the stock exchanges. To get the best from your REC units, you can cling on to them when the prices are low then sell when they're higher.

To avoid all this altogether, you can take the standard discount from your solar system installer so that you are not influenced by varying prices.

You can also trade your RECs on the exchange. The best way to benefit from solar rebates is to considerably cut back your electricity use.

This is straightforward in Perth as the weather is typically bright.




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