{"id":35096,"date":"2019-11-21T05:28:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T18:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=35096"},"modified":"2019-11-21T05:28:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T18:58:15","slug":"west-wimmera-solar-mb1299","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/west-wimmera-solar-mb1299\/","title":{"rendered":"West Wimmera Council Embracing Solar Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/west-wimmera-solar.jpg\" alt=\"Solar energy in West Wimmera\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/west-wimmera-solar.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/west-wimmera-solar-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/west-wimmera-solar-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/west-wimmera-solar-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Victoria, a dozen West Wimmera Shire Council properties are to benefit from solar panels and\/or LED lighting upgrades.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As its name suggests, West Wimmera Shire is located in the western part of the Wimmera region of Victoria. Home to around 4,000 people, the Shire covers 9,108 square kilometres and includes part of the Little Desert and Big Desert National Parks. Its major towns are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/edenhope-3318-vic\/\">Edenhope<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/kaniva-3419-vic\/\">Kaniva<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Council says energy efficiency works began in October and include LED lighting upgrades at 12 facilities including the Edenhope and Kaniva council offices, Kaniva Depot and Caravan Park.<\/p>\n<p>Solar power systems are also being installed on the rooftops at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Edenhope council office<\/li>\n<li>Kaniva council office<\/li>\n<li>Goroke Pre-School Centre<\/li>\n<li>Kaniva Kindergarten<\/li>\n<li>Kaniva Tourist Information Centre<\/li>\n<li>Kaniva Depot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I had a bit of a dig around Council&#8217;s minutes section, but wasn&#8217;t able to locate the capacity of the systems being installed.<\/p>\n<p>The $100,000 project will see a very rapid payback, with energy savings anticipated to be around $31,000 a year. Works are expected to be completed by the middle of next month.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This is a wonderful initiative for the council and will ensure that many community buildings in the shire will run more efficiently for years to come,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westwimmera.vic.gov.au\/News\/4161\/Energy-efficient-upgrades-for-West-Wimmera-Shire-buildings\">said<\/a> Council chief executive David Leahy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These won&#8217;t be the first solar power systems for Council &#8211; back in 2017, a 26kW installation went live on the main shed at Edenhope Depot.<\/p>\n<h2>A Small Population Big On Solar Energy<\/h2>\n<p>According to APVI, there are an estimated 2,195 dwellings in West Wimmera Shire and 463 small-scale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">solar<\/a> PV installations with a total capacity of 1,903kW as at the end of September. That makes for a per capita capacity of around 475W, with the Australian per capita figure currently approximately 376W. 449 of the systems are under 10kW and make up 1,657 kW total capacity.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see what Council&#8217;s installations will add to the capacity tally.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always encouraging to see local councils large and small harnessing the power of PV. Australia&#8217;s councils having been a powerful force in solar uptake; not only with their own installations or through taking out power purchase agreements (PPAs) with solar farms, but encouraging residents and businesses within their boundaries to install panels.<\/p>\n<p>For councils, solar energy simply makes good sense from both an environmental and financial viewpoint &#8211; saving cash while also slashing electricity-related emissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Victoria, a dozen West Wimmera Shire Council properties are to benefit from solar panels and\/or LED lighting upgrades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":35097,"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-35096","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>West Wimmera Council Embracing Solar Energy - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Victoria, a dozen West Wimmera Shire Council properties are to benefit from solar panels and\/or LED lighting upgrades.\" \/>\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\/west-wimmera-solar-mb1299\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"West Wimmera Council Embracing Solar Energy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Victoria, a dozen West Wimmera Shire Council properties are to benefit from solar panels and\/or LED lighting upgrades.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/west-wimmera-solar-mb1299\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-11-20T18:58:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/west-wimmera-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\\\/west-wimmera-solar-mb1299\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/west-wimmera-solar-mb1299\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"West Wimmera Council Embracing Solar Energy\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-20T18:58:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/west-wimmera-solar-mb1299\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":401,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/west-wimmera-solar-mb1299\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/west-wimmera-solar.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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