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\"Somerset<\/p>\n

Solar panels have recently appeared on the rooftops of another three Somerset Regional Council buildings as part of a Council initiative to reduce energy costs and emissions.<\/p>\n

The Somerset region is situated in the West Moreton area of South East Queensland, approximately 100 kilometres northwest of Brisbane. It has a population of around 24,600 and its major towns are Esk<\/a>, Fernvale<\/a> and Kilcoy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While climate change doesn’t appear to be a major priority for Somerset Regional Council (yet), it is embracing solar power as we mentioned last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The most recent systems to go live are installations at Kilcoy Racecourse (40kW), Lowood Library (30kW) and Fernvale Indoor Sports Centre (60kW), for a collective capacity of 130kW. Other recent installations include a 30kW system on the rooftop of the Somerset Civic Centre in Esk.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese solar initiatives will have financial and environmental benefits for the community and will ultimately pay for themselves,\u201d said<\/a> Somerset Mayor Graeme Lehmann in Council’s most recent newsletter. \u201cWe are also pleased that 12 of council\u2019s 13 solar projects to date have been contracted to local businesses following competitive tender processes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Payback should be very rapid given the cost of solar<\/a> these days and how the systems were funded. Installation of some\/all of the systems has been supported by the Palaszczuk Government’s Local Government Grants and Subsidies Program<\/a>, a $58 million initiative being delivered over two financial years.<\/p>\n

LGGSP provides funding assistance for priority infrastructure and essential services meeting identified needs of communities. Approved projects are allocated a subsidy of up to 60 per cent of the total eligible project costs. In the case of the Civic Centre project, the QLD Government kicked in 50 per cent.<\/p>\n

Small Scale Solar Powering Ahead In Somerset<\/h2>\n

Solar panels are very popular in the Somerset region – and not just with Council. According to data from the Australian Photovoltaic Institute, of the estimated 10,520 dwellings in the Somerset local government area (LGA), 5,247 had solar installed as at the end of September last year – that’s a whisker over 48%. Queensland leads the nation in terms of percentage of dwellings with a PV system (35.7%) and the Somerset LGA betters that by quite a margin.<\/p>\n

Of the systems, 5,068 were below 10kW<\/a> capacity and 179 in the 10kW – 100kW range. There were no large scale systems (100kW+) at that point.<\/p>\n

While the region doesn’t have any large scale wind or solar power facilities yet, it is home to Wivenhoe Power Station, a pumped storage<\/a> hydro power station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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MWh info not available at time of publishing] has been given the go-ahead by Queensland's Somerset Council. The project, which we first mentioned back in May, will be situated on a site of approximately 5000 acres located\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sunshine Energy solar + battery project","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/solar-storage-sunshine.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/solar-storage-sunshine.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/solar-storage-sunshine.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/solar-storage-sunshine.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21245,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/harlin-queensland-solar-farm-mb0574\/","url_meta":{"origin":36655,"position":4},"title":"Application Lodged For 1,500 MW Solar Farm In Queensland","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"May 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Queensland's Somerset Regional Council has acknowledged it has received a development application for a 1,500 megawatt solar farm to be built east of Harlin. Harlin is a small town in south east Queensland, approximately 130 kilometres north west of Brisbane. 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