{"id":31148,"date":"2019-06-17T06:10:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T19:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=31148"},"modified":"2019-06-17T06:10:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T19:40:11","slug":"shepparton-council-solar-mb1096","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shepparton-council-solar-mb1096\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Shepparton City Council Reaping The Benefits Of Solar Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_31149\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31149\" class=\"size-large wp-image-31149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/shepparton-council-solar-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Greater Shepparton City Council - solar power\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/shepparton-council-solar-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/shepparton-council-solar-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/shepparton-council-solar-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/shepparton-council-solar.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/solar-panel-solar-photovoltaic-1982691\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">seagul<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Victoria&#8217;s Greater Shepparton City Council is pleased with the performance to date of its most recent solar energy installations.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Council installed solar panels on the Mooroopna Hub and Doyles Road Complex (DRC) buildings earlier this year. It says the 170 solar panels at the Mooroopna Community hub (56kW system) resulted in a mains grid electricity usage decrease of approximately 42 percent from the beginning of March to the end of April. A 302 panel system installed at the Doyles Road Complex (Council Depot &#8211; 99kW) has provided a 32% reduction in mains electricity consumption over the same period.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cCouncil is consistently seeking paths to improve the environment we live in and to address climate change,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/greatershepparton.com.au\/whats-happening\/news\/news-article\/!\/456\/post\/going-solar-showing-great-results-for-greater-shepparton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> said<\/a> Director Sustainable Development Geraldine Christou. &#8220;The added solar panels are proving to be one step closer to Council\u2019s target goal of reducing energy usage by 20 per cent by 2020.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Previous to these installations, a 90kw system was installed at Council&#8217;s Welsford Street offices, and a 30kw system at the Shepparton Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Proposed future installations include PV projects at Aquamoves and the Shepparton Saleyards.<\/p>\n<p>Greater Shepparton Chief Executive Officer Peter Harriott says through its own examples Council hopes to educate and encourage the local community to implement sustainable practices in their homes and businesses. But it looks like many Greater <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/shepparton\/\"> Shepparton<\/a> residents are already well on their way with solar power.<\/p>\n<p>In the local government area, there are an estimated 6,844 solar power installations and the Australian PV Institute (APVI) says 22.6% of dwellings have PV installed. As well as home solar, small commercial solar installations (10kW &#8211; 100kW) are quite popular, with 389 noted.<\/p>\n<p>There are seven large scale PV installations recorded by APVI, being:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Melbourne Dookie Campus &#8211; 168.1kW<\/li>\n<li>Midland Highway Orrvale &#8211; 509kW<\/li>\n<li>Martin St Tatura &#8211; 148kW<\/li>\n<li>FJ Lenne Ardmona &#8211; 500kW<\/li>\n<li>Callister St Shepparton &#8211; 750.6kW<\/li>\n<li>SCS Shepparton &#8211; 300kW<\/li>\n<li>Masalki Cool Stores &#8211; 500.6kW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Large Scale Solar Energy Projects Still In Limbo<\/h2>\n<p>Much larger projects are also in the works for the region, but these were referred the State Government for development approval decisions. Council found itself in a bit of tricky position; trying to balance the benefits solar power can bring the region with concerns over the potential impact on agriculture. These projects were\/are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Congupna (30MW &#8211; approved)<\/li>\n<li>Lemnos (100MW)<\/li>\n<li>Tallygaroopna (68MW)<\/li>\n<li>Tatura East (45MW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While the decision was made on Congupna in October last year, decisions on the other projects were deferred and will not be made until work is completed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planning.vic.gov.au\/policy-and-strategy\/solar-energy-facilities-design-and-development-draft-guidelines\">Victoria&#8217;s solar farm guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In December last year, Council also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/mooroopna-solar-farm-mb0877\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> its intention to enter into a lease arrangement for a site near Mooroopna that will host a proposed $40 million solar farm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria&#8217;s Greater Shepparton City Council is pleased with the performance to date of its most recent solar energy installations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":31149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31148","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 v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Greater Shepparton City Council Reaping The Benefits Of Solar Energy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Victoria&#039;s Greater Shepparton City Council is pleased with the performance to date of its most recent solar energy installations.\" \/>\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\/shepparton-council-solar-mb1096\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Greater Shepparton City Council Reaping The Benefits Of Solar Energy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Victoria&#039;s Greater Shepparton City Council is pleased with the performance to date of its most recent solar energy installations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shepparton-council-solar-mb1096\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-06-16T19:40:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/shepparton-council-solar.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\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\\\/shepparton-council-solar-mb1096\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shepparton-council-solar-mb1096\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Greater Shepparton City Council Reaping The Benefits Of Solar Energy\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-16T19:40:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shepparton-council-solar-mb1096\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":466,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shepparton-council-solar-mb1096\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/shepparton-council-solar.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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