{"id":14955,"date":"2017-09-12T08:05:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T21:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=14955"},"modified":"2017-09-12T08:12:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T21:42:24","slug":"solar-power-bundaberg-council-mb0203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-power-bundaberg-council-mb0203\/","title":{"rendered":"Bundaberg Regional Council Saving Big Bucks With Solar Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14956\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14956\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-panels-bundaberg.jpg\" alt=\"solar electricity savings - Bundaberg, Queensland\" width=\"700\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-panels-bundaberg.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-panels-bundaberg-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/panel-solar-power-energy-2562240\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">StockSnap<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The use of solar power has been so successful for Queensland&#8217;s Bundaberg Regional Council, solar panels have become virtually mandatory on any new infrastructure and building upgrades where practical.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhile the obvious environmental benefits are a crucial aspect of Council\u2019s involvement in solar energy, it has been the significant savings we have achieved on our power consumption that is a proven winner with the community,&#8221; said Mayor Jack Dempsey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bundaberg Regional Council has achieved savings of more than $1.6 million dollars on its electricity bills over the past two years.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Council\u2019s current annual bill is some $300,000 less than it was paying in 2014 even though more infrastructure has come online and there have been significant electricity price increases,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/xFvHss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> the Mayor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2014, the Council&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bundaberg.qld.gov.au\/clean-energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clean Energy Bundaberg<\/a> plan was launched, with one of its goals being the implementation of policies that reduce Council&#8217;s overall energy consumption and related operational costs. The plan also seeks to stimulate domestic and commercial uptake of solar energy and clean power technologies across the community.<\/p>\n<p>The Council is participating in Climate Council\u2019s Cities Power Partnership, which Mayor Dempsey says will enhance the initiatives Bundaberg is able to implement through shared ideas gained via the program.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming Council projects for the region include solar panels on the Rubyanna wastewater treatment plant and the Bundaberg Multiplex.<\/p>\n<p>The 450kW Rubyanna project will be comprised of approximately 1,500 solar panels and is expected to save Council $200,000 per year on electricity costs. The Bundaberg Multiplex will feature 100kW of solar panels, plus a 200kWh battery system. Savings on mains-grid electricity consumption at the Multiplex is expected to be around $60,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p>Large scale PV is also about to make its debut in the region. In January this year, Council approved a 120MW project to be constructed south of Childers that will feature 400,000 sun-tracking solar panels.\u00a0 The $210-million-dollar <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/gxjynW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Childers Solar Farm<\/a> project will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 65,000 homes. Work on the project is expected to commence in the first quarter of next year.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of the Bundaberg region (population ~ 95,000)\u00a0 have also been reaping the benefits of harvesting the energy of the sun from their own rooftops. <span class=\"_Tgc\">According to recent data from Australia&#8217;s Clean Energy Regulator, the number of commercial and home <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/bundaberg\/\">solar power installations in Bundaberg<\/a> under 100kW capacity has eclipsed 11,000; with these systems having a collective capacity just north of 37 megawatts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_Tgc\">We reported in May the Bundaberg region was Australia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/top-solar-postcodes-mb0051\/\">top solar postcode<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The use of solar power has been so successful for Queensland&#8217;s Bundaberg Regional Council, solar panels have become virtually mandatory on any new infrastructure and building upgrades where practical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":14956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bundaberg Regional Council Saving Big Bucks With Solar Power<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Use of solar power has been so successful for Bundaberg Regional Council, solar panels have become virtually mandatory on any new suitable infrastructure.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-power-bundaberg-council-mb0203\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bundaberg Regional Council Saving Big Bucks With Solar Power\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Use of solar power has been so successful for Bundaberg Regional Council, solar panels have become virtually mandatory on any new suitable infrastructure.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-power-bundaberg-council-mb0203\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-11T21:35:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-09-11T21:42:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/solar-panels-bundaberg.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"417\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-power-bundaberg-council-mb0203\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-power-bundaberg-council-mb0203\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Bundaberg Regional Council Saving Big Bucks With Solar Power\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-11T21:35:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-11T21:42:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-power-bundaberg-council-mb0203\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":430,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-power-bundaberg-council-mb0203\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/solar-panels-bundaberg.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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