School & Community PVRP Rebate Programme

Federal Photovoltaic Rebate Programme Guidelines for Schools and Community Buildings Grants is summarised below.

Competitive grants are available under the Schools and Community Buildings component of PVRP. Grants are available for up to 50 percent of the cost of the photovoltaic system, with an upper limit of two kilowatts.

If a larger system is proposed for installation, grant level will be determined at 50 percent of the cost of two kilowatts (as a proportion of the cost of the whole system).

The grants are being offered on a competitive basis which means that applications will be assessed on value for money and on the educational and interpretive merits of the proposal. Assessment of educational merit will be based on details provided by the applicant of the education, extension, promotion, interpretation and demonstration activities to be undertaken. A scoring system is used to assess applications and determine eligibility for the grant.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate that the person who carries out the photovoltaic installation is BCSE accredited (full or provisional) for design and installation of photovoltaic systems, such as Energy Matters!

For the purposes of this programme, eligible community organisations are either government-owned or not-for-profit organisations. If they are non-government, they must be incorporated. Commercial enterprises are not considered to be eligible community organisations for the purposes of the PVRP, but may support an eligible partner in their application.

Please see the School and Community PVRP solar rebate guidelines or School and Community PVRP solar rebate application form for more information.

Victorian schools are also entitled to an additional rebate under the Sustainability Victoria solar in schools initiative of $3 per watt installed (sliding scale from $3000 to $15000).

Based on Energy Matters pricing (subject to site inspection), example is as follows:

Please see the solar in schools initiative guidelines (pdf) and solar in schools application package (doc) for more information.

Alternatively, for more information please contact the solar rebate hotline on 1300 138 122, go to the AGO website, or contact Energy Matters.