The MASH community solar bulk-buy team was all ready to go on 1 August, at 9am prompt, at four locations including Castlemaine and New Gisborne to help bulk-buy participants submit their application for the state government’s $2225 solar rebate. What happened that morning…. We’d done the homework, watched the webinars, spoken at length to Solar […]
Help with the Vic Solar Rebate in Castlemaine and New Gisborne, 1 August
The state government’s Solar Panels Rebate – worth up to $2225 plus an interest-free loan of up to the same amount – is a great thing in principle but it has been causing no end of headaches for people trying to apply for it. A revamp of the rebate was launched on July 1, with […]
Interest-free solar loans now available from the state government
The financial barriers to going solar are being whittled away – for both homeowners and renters – thanks to a revamp of the state government’s solar rebate program. From July 1 2019, the state government is offering interest-free loans for solar panel systems in addition to the solar panels rebate. This article explains how the […]
Vic Solar Rebates “Like Buying Concert Tickets”
It will be ‘first-in-best-dressed’ when it comes to getting one of the Victorian solar rebates on July 1. That’s because the state government has changed its solar rebate scheme to cap the number of solar panels rebates to about 3,300 homes each month, with a further 166 rebates for landlords and renters. Applications need to […]
Solar Rebates are Coming Back – Better than Ever!
The Solar Matters column is starting up again, just in time to give you the news – as it breaks – about the Victorian Government’s Solar Homes rebate program. It is written by Jo Kaptein who manages the MASH community solar bulk-buy. MASH has installed over 1,500 solar rooftops in the last five years, cutting […]
Beware Solar Scammers
It’s been brought to our attention today 4/6/2019, by a resident in Taradale, Mt Alexander Shire, that there is a ‘solar company’ promoting their services in the Mt Alexander Shire and Macedon Ranges Shire implying that they are from MASH, saying that they are part of the ‘Group Solar Bulk-Buy’. They tried to sell a […]
