weiss gar nicht ob wir die meldung hier schon hatten... ich habe sie auf jeden fall noch nicht gesehen...
Govt admits solar election promise in hot water
October 8, 2009
The Queensland government has admitted delivering its election promise on solar hot water will be "challenging", after attracting just one company to take part in a new program.
Energy Minister Stephen Robertson today attended the installation of the first solar hot water system under a subsidy program at a north Brisbane home.
At the March election, Labor promised to provide heavily discounted solar hot water systems, costing around $500 for a family or $100 for pensioners for a standard installation.
The program is only accessible by those also eligible for the federal government's $1600 rebate.
Mr Robertson said the government had reached agreement with its first supplier, Conergy Australia, an Australian subsidiary of one of Europe's largest solar providers Conergy AG.
The program aims to provide up to 200,000 solar hot water systems, with 40,000 Queenslanders already registered.
"This has been a challenging program to deliver, particularly in an environment where the price of renewable energy certificates have been significantly declining over the past few months," Mr Robertson told state parliament.
"Whilst Conergy is a small and relatively new company, we hope that by participating in this scheme it will consolidate and grow its presence here in Queensland.
"I acknowledge that there may be some risk in going forward with a company of this size.
"However, it needs to be appreciated that the large suppliers have to date not chosen to participate in our scheme."
He said he was hopeful of other suppliers joining the program soon. |
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