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Gold Coast Aquatic Centre (prior to solar installation) | Image via Facebook<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

A 312 kilowatt solar power system is now operating at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre – with battery storage to come.<\/p>\n

MyGC<\/a> reports the array features more than 1,100 solar panels and is expected to slash the Centre’s costs by around $100,000 a year.<\/p>\n

Boasting six pools heated to a minimum of 27 degrees Celsius all year round, the Centre will be the swimming and diving facility for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. After the Games are complete, a 300kWh battery will be installed in order to achieve further savings.<\/p>\n

Energy costs have become a pressing issue for the council, with the City’s electricity expenditure having almost doubled over the past decade according to Mayor Tom Tate. Earlier this year, Cr. Tate said<\/a> the City\u2019s annual electricity bill was around $28.7 million and without action, would further increase by around 50% over the next five years if action was not taken.<\/p>\n

The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre is the largest solar array installed for the City to date. Other installations include a 16 kilowatt solar panel system installed at Southport Broadwater Parklands and two kilowatts on the rooftop of the Nerang Library.<\/p>\n

Smaller solar panel installations around the region are used by the City to power facilities such as water quality monitoring sites.<\/p>\n

According to<\/a> The Australian Financial Review, the City has more than 1000 MW of other solar in the pipeline.<\/p>\n

Another way it intends saving on electricity costs is through the use of LED street lights, with 890 lights now rolled out across Surfers Paradise.<\/p>\n

Many Gold Coast<\/a> residents have already embraced solar energy as a way to reduce their energy bills.<\/p>\n

According to the most recent data from Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator, the 4211 postcode, which includes Nerang, is home to 7,525 small scale solar power systems<\/a> with a collective capacity of 26.84MW; ranking it number 7 nationally both in terms of number of systems and capacity.<\/p>\n

It looks like the next generation will be well versed on the technology. The City has also designed and funded an energy education trailer<\/a> that visits schools to teach children about renewable energy and energy conservation through interactive displays, hands-on activities and classroom presentations. The trailer is equipped with a stand-alone power system featuring solar panels<\/a>, a wind turbine and battery storage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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