Carbon Offsets for Business

Like many business owners you may well have heard a lot about carbon emissions, the emissions scheme, carbon offsets, the carbon tax, going carbon neutral etc lately, and be concerned about what exactly that means to you….. the good news is that there is actually potential to decrease your business power costs & increase profits as well!

A practical e.g of what the proposed Carbon Tax will cost your Small Business-

A 10kw PV system in coastal QLD¹ will generate around 16,600kwh of clean, green electricity per year, which will avoid about 17.25 tonnes of CO2 being generated by standard coal fired stations, which would require around 86 trees to be grown at a cost of $448.00 ($26 per tonne).

Under the proposed scheme Carbon Tax Scheme; if your business uses 16600kwh per year purchased from standard sources, (a bill of around $3,486 pa or $872 per quarter), then in addition to that bill, under the expected carbon trading scheme, at $26 per tonne, you would pay an extra $448 in carbon tax each year.

*This example is for a relatively small business. At Premier Solar Commercial we design tailored systems to meet the requirements and opportunities of individual clients of any size.

How to Turn Lemons into Lemonade (or generate income rather than paying Carbon Taxes!)

If on the other hand you were proactive and installed a 10kw PV system on your roof and generated your own power, you would avoid both the cost of power purchase and carbon tax. The combined effect of this will do a few beneficial things for you:

    It will give you a return of at least 13.3%* from day one return on your investment, and

    It will fix your out going power cost at that level, regardless of future price power hikes and CPI,

    By adding a layer of shading, (a tropical roof of PV modules) over your existing roof, it may significantly   reduce the need of air conditioning and lower your power bills accordingly.

*If you don't use the buildings on the weekends and public holidays, the power generated will be sold back at up to 52 cents per kwh, giving you a potential return of 28.8% on your investment on those days!

¹ Other areas of Qld can enjoy between 9.5% and 14.5% higher amounts of power generation due to the increase in peak sunlight in those areas.

All of these simply add profit to your bottom line, whilst simultaneously making you a model corporate citizen and increasing your opportunities within the government sector.

How to pay for it-

If your cash flow is strong enough, then a cash purchase is certainly an option, but not necessarily the best option. Your accountant may also be able to show you benefits in using a bank loan whose interest is fully deductible. When you add the tax deductible depreciation to it, there may be some strong additional advantages to cash flow and tax.

If you operate a Superannuation fund, it may well be able to purchase the system and sell the power directly to either the company or the retailer at a higher rate, then you as an organisation are carbon effective, whilst your super fund it vastly more effective for the employees.

The Truth Behind Carbon Tax

It’s likely when you hear the word tax that what pops in your mind is that it’s another going to be another financial burden for you to carry! However the carbon tax is different to general government money grabbing and it applies to the commercial industry only, though all consumers will ultimately have to carry its cost.

If you are a business owner in any industry with high power consumption then you are probably quite concerned about what increased expenditure you are likely to have; final figures are still be set but around $26 / Tonne of emissions produced seems likely.

While normal government taxes are based on your income, the carbon tax on the other hand is based on the 

carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases that you emit in the environment.

Does this mean you cannot emit carbon? Well no; ultimately zero carbon emissions would be the goal, but right now it isn't feasible and we don't have a concrete alternative for fossil fuel combustion, though solar energy is looking the most promising. What the carbon tax implies is that the user must pay a certain amount set by the government for any carbon production in excess of their caps.

What good would it bring?

Well, first of all it will bring a drastic reduction in carbon emissions; obviously if you are a company or a factory owner you will be very motivated to reduce these ongoing costs as much as possible. So this scheme is designed to force corporations and factory owners to find more energy efficient ways to process their 

products and reduce carbon emissions.

Another benefit is that the funds collected will be solely used for the development of clean energy sources which should compensate for carbon emissions in time.

What effects would it have for the commercial sector?

Finding ingenious ways of processing products not only will reduce greenhouse gases but it will also assist you in finding cheaper and cost effective ways to manufacture. Ultimately all of us would benefit from some form of Carbon Taxes, even though there will be some short term expense, if it aids the introduction of a sustainable energy source that provides cleaner and cheaper energy long term.

Solar PV Panels for Your Home

Premier Solar Australia only offers top of the line highest performing Solar PV panel systems available in the market today - for your homes. The system and panels were designed to adapt and perfectly suit Australian climate conditions for optimum results and value for your money.


Premier Solar Australia had commissioned top manufacturers and suppliers both locally and internationally to meet and if not exceed the standards of The Clean Energy Council of Australia ensuring a coverage in both rebates and incentives for your home electricity production system.

Our manufacturers are one of the few who has developed sophisticated business models and production lines to produce crystalline ingots, wafers and cells of high standards for incomparable results and still remain cost effective for you.



In addition, our manufacturers’ assemble solar modules from monocrystalline or multicrystalline cells and also design and produce solar modules based on our customers’ specifications. Our solar modules are enclosed with weather proofing materials to ensure maximum physical protection.
On top of that, Premier Solar Australia had trained and collaborated with certified solar PV panel system installers for strategic installations maximum sun exposure to achieve your system’s power output.

Premier solar Australia aims to turn visions of clean and renewable energy for every Australian homes into reality by reaching out to you and improving accessibility, providing quality products and assistance from decision making down to actual usage.

What is Carbon Footprint?

Well to start with, carbon dioxide is a a chemical made up of two oxygen molecules and 1 carbon molecule naturally it is present in the atmosphere but human intervention made imbalances in the proportions the gases.
Carbon footprint is our total carbon emission measured by tons, at the current rate we are releasing 20 billion tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. We all know the harm that these chemicals bring to our environment.

What we might not be aware or we tend to neglect is the type of footprint that we leave behind.

Direct emission
These our direct bruning of fossil fuels within the cope of our control, like using your vehicles and cookung by way of liquified petroleum gases.

Indirect Emission
Individually, indirect emssion is responsible for a huge fraction of your carbon foorprints.... Purchasing products, traveling, using your electricty and the like. Though you are not directly involved in the combustion parse, your purchase results to this.

at the current status of the way we produce our electricity carbon dioxide will continue to warm our planet. However if we learn to embrace new technological advances like solar panels and other renewable energy sources we can reduce or even turn emissions to zero.