The Renewable Energy Target is an Australian Government scheme designed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in the electricity sector and encourage the additional generation of electricity from sustainable and renewable sources.
The Clean Energy Regulator administers the Renewable Energy Target's two schemes: the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target and the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme.
Australian homes and small businesses have now installed more than three million small-scale renewable energy systems since the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme was introduced in 2001.