Solar for apartments
Join the thousands of City of Port Phillip apartment residents who are going solar and slashing their power bills by up to $500 a year, by installing solar panels on your apartment rooftop.
Through the Victorian Government's 'Solar for Apartments' program, funding of up to $2,800 per apartment is available for eligible owners corporations to install solar PV.
An additional 5,000 rebates of up to $2,800 per apartment (up to $140,000 per property) are available until Friday 6 December 2024, or until all rebates are exhausted, whichever comes first.
Building eligibility now includes strata townhouses and units under the control of an Owners Corporation and sharing a common property rooftop.
By adopting solar, an average household in a multi-unit development can save up to $500 a year on their energy bills.
To find out more and check your eligibility, visit the Victorian Government's Solar for Apartments website
Energy sharing in apartments
An alternative approach to energy sharing has recently become available. This hardware and software combination marketed by Allume as SolShare allows for Owners Corporations to own or host the solar, but individual apartment owners can retain their own retailer, or choose not to take part at all.
The hardware distributes the solar power to individual apartments without the need for additional inverters, whilst the software distributes the solar power based on demand from the individual units. However over the month it ensures that each unit receives the same total amount.
This approach maximises the solar used, therefore reducing the amount sold to the grid. This technology is more suited to retrofits as existing grid metering is unchanged. It reduces the legal complications of roof real estate, power purchasing agreements and power sharing /billing issues. The system can also operate in a power purchasing agreement model if desired with onsite billing and monitoring provided for the system owner.
More information
If you’re interested in exploring clean energy options for your home, get in touch with us:
Email: enviro@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Phone: 03 9209 6777