Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I, too, will be supporting this legislation. I did ask in my speech in the second reading debate whether the government had given any consideration to RECs for evacuated tubes. It is particularly important for Tasmania, where evacuated tube systems are more suitable because of the cold nights. They give some certainty against cracking and breaking, which other PV solar hot water systems do not allow. The second thing is: has the government given any thought to thermal heat systems for domestic-scale houses, which are now online? If we are giving RECs for other things, are we looking at being able to provide for domestic heat from the ground in those thermal systems? I support the amendment, but I am interested to know whether the government has looked at those two technologies.