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Sunshine Coat’s Solar Potential

Aside from being one of Australia’s top getaway destinations the Sunshine Coast has a lot to offer from a Solar Power point of view as well; it was named the Sunshine Coast for a reason! The region enjoys many days of long hours of strong sunlight, and even in winter months temperatures and Solar Radiation are still at a reasonable level.

This amount of sun makes Sunshine Coast as a perfect candidate for becoming a largely Solar Powered city. All 311,900 hectares of the area is blessed with limitless solar power potential. Currently solar power on Sunshine Coast is well accepted because of the tireless efforts of the local government conducting awareness campaigns, forums and public meetings regarding climate change and how each resident can make a difference. Just this month the city council is conducting a month long sessions in its libraries to teach people how solar PV systems work and the benefits they would receive from installing it.

Solar power’s success in the region does not entirely rest with its natural blessings; government funding and rebates have also played an essential role. Currently the coast is operating under the generous premium feed in tariff scheme together with federal and state government rebates which make a solar investment here one of the most financially rewarding in the nation.

Solar experts and analysts have said that the Sunshine Coast’s residents have embraced solar power more thoroughly compared to other cities primarily because of the supportive environment that the local government has striven to achieve. Many cities and local governments are presenting how they could save money and save the environment with Solar Panels but what Sunshine Coast is trying to achieve is something more than that.Feeling privileged to live in such a beautiful and unspoilt part of the world brings a strong incentive to protect that for future generations.

As proof to that just recently (June 5th) the city held a large scale solar event to coincide with the World Environment Day celebrations. The event was packed with practical ideas and education and event goers brought home both the solutions and a social responsibility to reduce their carbon footprints.

With all the efforts of the local government, the private sector and the community combined with the Coast natural blessings it is possible to see a small rural region to rise up highly in the race to solar independence by the year 2020.

The Sunshine Coast Council is striving to encourage its residents to embrace alternative energy sources by encouraging them to make the switch to solar power. They have endeavored to make it easier to install solar panels on the Sunshine coast by getting rid of unnecessary cost, and implementing a set of standardised rules to make approval easier.

For an instance, if you have previously applied but didn’t continue through with your plans, then no further requirements or approval is needed to for you to qualify for the current schemes and bonuses.

Julie Edwards, Director of Sunshine Coast Council, is committed to sustainability, and for out-dated red tape impediment to be removed that needed to be. In addition, the council is also determined to offer more certainty to the solar power industry, which has taken some blows lately due to the impending changes in the Queensland Solar Scheme as well as the big drop in REC’s values.

To support that stance the Sunshine Coast Council will hold Solar Power information sessions in its public libraries throughout the month of June.

These public meetings will tackle everything that its residents need to know About Solar Energy. Participants will learn how Residential Solar panels work, how they can and will reduce your electric bill and possibly eliminate it for good, the various types of solar panels in Sunshine Coast and what are the advantages and drawbacks of each, and the different types of Solar Power Systems available. Lastly the sessions are designed to create further awareness and a sense of social responsibility to change the fact that our carbon emission problems are going from bad to worse.

The Public Sessions will held as follows-

Beerwah Library                    Saturday 18 June, 10.00 am

Coolum Library                      Tuesday 21 June, 5.00 pm

Cooroy Library                       Friday 24 June, 10.00 am

Maroochydore Library            Tuesday 14 June, 5.30 pm

Nambour Library                    Tuesday 19 July, 10.00 am

Noosa Library                        Sunday 24 July, 10.00 am

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