ABC Breakfast speaks with John Grimes on the Solar Flagship Cuts

The federal government will cut government spending to climate change programs to fund the country’s flood reconstruction. Prime Minister Julia Gillard will also impose a levy on taxpayers to help fund the recovery.

John Grimes
Chief executive officer of the Australian Solar Energy Society

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Solar Energy Trends in Australia

By taking a look at search trends on Google, we can get an overall picture of what people are looking for online when it comes to renewable energy. We sat down and looked at solar. Below are graphs of search results from Google since 2004.

Below is a state by state breakdown of who is searching for “solar energy” on Google.

And a run down of what the top search keywords and their percentage against each other. As you can see, the solar energy rebate is what’s peaking people’s interest as the moment.