Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Solar Rebates in Perth

By Ian Milne


Solar energy has gained more popularity and more and more people are using this alternative source of energy partially or fully. The advantages of using solar energy are numerous as you will make savings on your power bills, you may scale back your carbon print as the quantity of energy that you use will significantly decrease and you'll find that solar energy is cleaner energy as it does not produce any contaminants.

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

When you install a solar system in your house then you qualify for solar rebates in Perth using Green Energy Certificates (RECs). This is figured out using lots of elements like the size of your solar system and the amount of energy it produces, the situation of your house and REC price that you the owner of the house and the solar system installer will agree on. One REC unit is equal to one hour of electricity megawatt power. The more solar energy that you are able to generate using your solar system the more the savings you're able to get.

You should also be aware that REC prices change just like the stock markets. To get the most from your REC units, you can hold on to them when the costs are low then sell when they are higher.

To avoid all this altogether, you can take a standard discount from your solar system installer so that you aren't impacted by varying costs. You can also trade your RECs on the stock market. The best way to profit from solar rebates is to considerably scale back your electricity use.

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




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