The South Australian wine industry has had rising concerns with the increasing electricity prices as Barossa wineries are already seeing the effect on their energy bills.
Energy costs have been a hot topic in South Australia, with many arguments in the political sphere about what is the best for the state.
South Australia has the most expensive electricity in Australia with projections of electricity prices to increase over the next year before possibly plateauing in 2018/19.
Yalumba Family Vignerons, Angaston, is one of the wineries that has seen the dramatic increase in electricity costs over the last two years.
The winery recently finished their installation of one of the biggest solar photovoltaic (PV) systems at any winery in Australia in December last year.
Mr Nick Waterman, Yalumba CEO, said that the solar energy definitely has the ability to drive up to 20 percent of their electricity needs which will help them make some savings in the future.
“We looked at the projected increase over the last two years. In essence, from 2015 projecting to 2017, over a two-year period with current usage over a 12-month period, two years of price increases will m...
