29 Aug 2008
NATIONAL: The solar industry endorsed the recommendations of the 'Save our Solar' Senate inquiry at a national meeting of the Clean Energy Council's Solar photovoltaic Directorate on Wednesday. The industry strongly supported the Committee's recommendations to maintain funding for the Solar Homes and Communities Plan, to adopt measures which will encourage investment in larger systems and to provide industry security while transitioning to a national gross feed-in tariff system – a policy that has been proven to deliver long-term industry sustainability worldwide.Clean Energy Council solar industry spokesperson, Andrea Gaffney said: "Gross feed-in tariffs will provide stability for the industry to invest in Australia's clean energy future. Despite frequent changes to the rebate scheme over recent years, the solar industry has survived and, with the right policy, will grow substantially." Ms Gaffney noted that the variations in current state feed-in tariff policies had created unnecessary complexities for business and consumers: "We look forward to a nationally consistent feed-in tariff approach, as promised by the Rudd Government during the election and due for discussion at the next COAG meeting".
The Clean Energy Council stressed that any solar policy should not set artificially low caps on system size and encouraged the installation of large domestic and commercial solar energy systems. The Council will detail the solar industry's position in a submission for the Senate's National feed-in tariff enquiry. The Clean Energy Council coordinates several clean energy and energy efficiency industry directorates to determine industry policy and provide real-time intelligence. The Council's PV Directorate includes the major Australian manufacturing, distribution, retail and installation businesses from around Australia.
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