{"id":40317,"date":"2020-06-04T08:25:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T21:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=40317"},"modified":"2020-06-04T08:25:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T21:55:39","slug":"campbelltown-solar-table-mb1551","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/campbelltown-solar-table-mb1551\/","title":{"rendered":"Campbelltown City Council Green Lights Smart Solar Table Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smart-solar-picnic.jpg\" alt=\"Smart Solar Picnic table\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smart-solar-picnic.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smart-solar-picnic-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smart-solar-picnic-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/smart-solar-picnic-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Adelaide&#8217;s Campbelltown City Council looks set to trial a locally-manufactured &#8220;smart&#8221; solar picnic table that will enable charging of hand-held devices.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The City of Campbelltown is a local government area in the north eastern suburbs of Adelaide, around 6 kilometres from the CBD. Home to around 52,000, among its suburbs aside from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/campbelltown-5074-sa\/\">Campbelltown<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/paradise-5075-sa\/\">Paradise<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/rostrevor-5073-sa\/\">Rostrevor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"st\"> An element of Council&#8217;s strategic plan is to develop partnerships with local businesses. As part of this, Council staff were tasked with preparing a report on trialling a solar bench to be placed in a suitable public space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The winner turned out to be the &#8220;Smart Solar Picnic&#8221; unit, pictured above. The standard features of the table are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1.2kW of solar panels<\/li>\n<li>200 amp-hour battery storage<\/li>\n<li>4 USB chargers<\/li>\n<li>2 Qi wireless chargers<\/li>\n<li>LED lighting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Optional features include wifi, cameras, a display screen and speaker.<\/p>\n<p>1.2kW of solar panels is a significant amount of grunt given the application, so there shouldn&#8217;t be any problems with keeping the battery topped up. As these tables aren&#8217;t grid-connected, they can also be easily relocated.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Smart Solar Picnic&#8221; is manufactured by local company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.specsolarsolutions.com.au\/\">Specialised Solar Solutions<\/a><sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/campbelltown-solar-table-mb1551\/#en-40317-1' id='enref-40317-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(40317)'>1<\/a><\/sup>, which has a production facility in the Tonsley Technology Hub. Among its other PV based projects have been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.specsolarsolutions.com.au\/project-item\/solar-charging-station\/\">solar powered EV charging station<\/a> and a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.specsolarsolutions.com.au\/project-item\/solar-parklet\/\">solar parklet<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<h2>A Pretty Pricey Picnic Spot<\/h2>\n<p>While a conventional picnic table setting costs somewhere between $1,500 to $2,000 (excluding installation), the Smart Solar Picnic unit&#8217;s pricing starts at $8,000. There&#8217;s an option for Council to lease at $500 a month for 6 months, after which it could be purchased minus the leasing fees already paid if the trial proves successful.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the local partnerships aspect, Council sees other benefits:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Using solar power generation and battery storage provides environmental leadership highlighting the types of options available.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campbelltown.sa.gov.au\/\">Council&#8217;s<\/a> meeting on Tuesday evening, it was resolved for staff to negotiate a suitable agreement to lease a table to trial at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campbelltown.sa.gov.au\/recreation-and-leisure\/parks,-reserves-and-ovals\/thorndon-park\">Thorndon Park<\/a> for a six month period commencing in November this year. Assuming the trial works out, other tables may pop up around the local government area.<\/p>\n<p>Other Councils that have had the Smart Solar Picnic installed include Alexandrina Council (at Goolwa and Port Elliot) and the District Council of Karoonda East Murray (at Karoonda &#8211; pictured above).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adelaide&#8217;s Campbelltown City Council looks set to trial a locally-manufactured &#8220;smart&#8221; solar picnic table that will enable charging of hand-held devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":40318,"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-40317","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>SA&#039;s Campbelltown City Council Green Lights Smart Solar Table Trial<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Adelaide&#039;s Campbelltown City Council looks set to trial a locally-manufactured &quot;smart&quot; 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