Over $2800 in Rebates are now availabe for a Solar Hot Water System in Your Home

NSW Government Climate Change Fund
$340 million is available to assist businesses, schools, households and government to reduce energy consumption. Eligible applicants must be upgrading from electric hot water heating to a new solar or heatpump hot water system. The amount of the rebate is dependant on the RECs rating of the system installed.
For full details se the following link http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/rebates/ or call 1300 361 967

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Green Vouchers for Schools
Australian primary and secondary schools are eligible to redeem a Green Voucher for an amount up to $50,000 (GST exclusive). Government and non-government schools are eligible for funding under Green Vouchers if they are state registered primary and secondary schools that are eligible to receive Australian Government general recurrent funding appropriated under the Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004.accep
For further information visit www.environment.gov.au/greenvouchers

Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
Unacceptable environmental consequences have prompted governments around the world to assist the establishment of Renewable Energy Production.

In Australia, The Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 has the following objectives:
(a) to encourage the additional generation of electricity from renewable sources;
(b) to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases; and
(c) to ensure that renewable energy sources are ecologically sustainable.
This is done through the issuing of certificates for the generation of electricity from renewable resources, and requiring wholesale purchasers of electricity to purchase these certificates. It is required by the year 2010 that 2%, or 9500 gigawatt hours, of electricity production be sourced from renewable resources.

A government office determines the amount of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) that are applicable to each solar hot water system based on its performance. This eliminates confusion caused by misleading claims by some solar hot water manufacturers as to the performance of their systems. Solar hot water systems replace the need for some electricity production, and therefore generate RECs.

Upon your purchase and installation of an eligible solar hot water system in your home you will be credited with an amount of money equalling the number of RECs applicable to the solar hot water system purchased.

To find out more, visit the Government's Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator website.