In an effort to encourage more Australians to install solar PV systems as an alternative source of energy, the Australian government is offering significant rebates to eligible homeowners.

Starting July 2017, solar households in Victoria will receive about 20 percent more for the electricity transferred to the main grid.Lily D’Ambrosio, the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change recently announced several feed-in tariff rates lined up for introduction next year.

The largest coal producer in the world is going solar. The coal mining conglomerate Coal India Limited (CIL), nationalised by the Indian government in the 70s, is investing in renewable energy sources as a partner to the country’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to build solar plants for the generate of a thousand megawatts of combined energy.

Are solar incentives allowing the Australian farming industry to evolve from from fruit and vegetables to renewable energy? With generous Australian Government solar incentives, solar power may not be such a bad idea.