This Masterlift lift and a 5,000 litre water tank were installed this week. We needed to get the crane back in to lift each into position.

You can see more photos in the week 23 gallery by clicking here.

The process went without a hitch and everything fitted into the space provided. This week the Australian Federal Government bought down a new budget. An unexpected inclusion was to include a means test on the solar panel rebate. Thankfully we had been able to get our application in prior to the declaration. So I believe we will be one of the last projects to enjoy this rebate. It seems a bit counter intuitive to me to means test the solar panel rebate. Putting in a one kilowatt solar panel array would cost just under $15,000. This sort of sunk expense would not be economic without a government rebate, currently set at a ceiling of $8,000. This brings the net cost to just over $6,000. This is still a fairly expensive proposition but gives us a warm and fuzzy feeling about doing the right thing for the environment. Without the rebate we would have shelved the project.

We are using  6 BP Solar panels hooked up to a sunny boy inverter and the whole system will feed power back into the electricity grid.

BP Solar Panel Specifications

Sunnyboy Inverter Specification