{"id":34208,"date":"2019-10-15T05:39:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T19:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=34208"},"modified":"2019-10-15T05:39:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T19:09:16","slug":"solar-shoalhaven-council-mb1251","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-shoalhaven-council-mb1251\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Energy Stars At Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solar-panels-shoalhaven.jpg\" alt=\"Solar panels - Shoalhaven Council\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solar-panels-shoalhaven.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solar-panels-shoalhaven-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solar-panels-shoalhaven-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solar-panels-shoalhaven-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shoalhaven City Council has moved a step closer to its target of net-zero emissions with a solar installation on the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre in Nowra.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Completed at the beginning of this month, the 81kW system is comprised of 200 solar panels (so 405 watts capacity each). It&#8217;s estimated the system will generate approximately 112,000 kilowatt hours of clean electricity a year.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Amanda Findley said the installation will reduce the Centre&#8217;s mains electricity consumption by around 20% over a year and provide Council $12,500 in annual savings on electricity costs.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre was an ideal building for this project, given its large daytime electricity consumption, extended opening hours and its large roof space,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au\/My-Council\/News\/ID\/3347\/Solar-Energy-is-taking-Centre-Stage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said Mayor Findley<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It appears this is Council&#8217;s largest PV installation to date, the next biggest being a 50kW system at Jervis Bay Maritime Museum .<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Entertainment Centre in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/nowra\/\">Nowra<\/a>, Council has solar installations at a number of other sites; including several systems in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/ulladulla-2539-nsw\/\">Ulladulla<\/a>. A couple of water treatment plants have also had panels installed &#8211;\u00a0 Berry Wastewater Treatment Plant has a 22.5kW ground-mount solar photovoltaic and 20kWh battery installation, while Bamarang Water Treatment Plant had a 25 kW solar PV system installed. Council notes Shoalhaven Water is its largest consumer of electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Council&#8217;s Charging Ahead With Renewables Project, which the Entertainment Centre installation was a part of, was selected as a finalist in this year&#8217;s Cities Power Partnership Awards.<\/p>\n<h2>Striving For Net-Zero By 2050<\/h2>\n<p>Council adopted a <a href=\"http:\/\/doc.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au\/displaydoc.aspx?record=POL18\/44\"> Sustainable Energy Policy<\/a> in May this year that set targets to generate or source renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions; with the ultimate goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The policy sets an interim target of 25 per cent\u00a0renewables by 2023 and 50\u00a0per cent\u00a0 by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The Policy extends to Council promoting a transition to more renewable energy generation sources such as solar power among households, businesses and industries within its boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Photovoltaic Institute notes approximately 17.9% of dwellings in the local government area had panels installed as at the end of June, against an average across New South Wales of 19.6% &#8211; so there are still plenty of households in Shoalhaven that could be benefiting from the power of PV.<\/p>\n<p>The Sustainable Energy Policy sets a target of 33% of dwellings across the Shoalhaven LGA having solar panels by 2025. With just over 10,00 solar households as at June, that means another 8,000+ will need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">go solar<\/a> by that year to meet Council&#8217;s target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shoalhaven City Council has moved a step closer to its target of net-zero emissions with a solar installation on the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre in Nowra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":34209,"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-34208","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 v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Solar Energy Stars At Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shoalhaven City Council has moved a step closer to its net-zero emissions target with a solar installation on the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre in Nowra.\" \/>\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-shoalhaven-council-mb1251\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solar Energy Stars At Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shoalhaven City Council has moved a step closer to its net-zero emissions target with a solar installation on the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre in Nowra.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-shoalhaven-council-mb1251\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-10-14T19:09:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solar-panels-shoalhaven.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\/solar-shoalhaven-council-mb1251\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-shoalhaven-council-mb1251\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Solar Energy Stars At Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-14T19:09:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-shoalhaven-council-mb1251\/\"},\"wordCount\":415,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-shoalhaven-council-mb1251\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solar-panels-shoalhaven.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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