ENERGY-conscious consumers wanting to reduce their carbon footprint through solar power can earn their household nearly $400 annually through a State Government feed-in scheme.
The first of its type in the country, the solar scheme started on July 1 and rewards South Australian householders and small energy-consumers using solar panels with a guaranteed credit of 44 cents for every unit of electricity - or kilowatt-hour - fed back into the State's power grid, double the previous amount paid.
SA Premier and Sustainability & Climate Change Minister Mike Rann said the scheme was another example of how SA was leading the nation on tackling climate change.
"SA has about 40 per cent of the nation's grid-connected solar panels, and five times the number of household installations of the next highest state," he said.