{"id":41589,"date":"2020-07-27T06:14:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T19:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=41589"},"modified":"2020-07-27T06:24:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T19:54:21","slug":"solar-northern-beaches-mb1616","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-northern-beaches-mb1616\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Power Push For Sydney&#8217;s Northern Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_41590\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41590\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/manly-solar-installation.jpg\" alt=\"Manly solar installation\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/manly-solar-installation.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/manly-solar-installation-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/manly-solar-installation-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/manly-solar-installation-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-41590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manly Andrew \u2018Boy\u2019 Charlton Aquatic Centre solar panel installation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Northern Beaches Council has just installed its largest solar power system to date and is encouraging residents to join the solar energy revolution.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At 265kW capacity, the installation at Manly Andrew \u2018Boy\u2019 Charlton Aquatic Centre is also one of the largest systems in the local government area and has doubled the amount of Council&#8217;s PV capacity. The installation is expected to generate equivalent to nearly a quarter of the centre\u2019s electricity requirements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Council charges ahead with solar\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5JUQobq0970?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Around 400kW of solar panels have been installed on seven Council sites in the past year, with the other systems being:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Glen Street Library -50kW<\/li>\n<li>Manly Senior Citizens Centre &#8211; 20kW<\/li>\n<li>Boondah Depot &#8211; 20kW (additional system)<\/li>\n<li>Belrose Children\u2019s Centre &#8211; 20kW<\/li>\n<li>Harbourview Children\u2019s Centre &#8211; 15kW<\/li>\n<li>Kangaroo Street Children\u2019s Centre &#8211; 10kW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There could be more PV in the pipeline as some of the goals included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/hdp.au.prod.app.nthbch-yoursay.files\/6815\/7680\/5150\/FINAL_-_ADOPTED_-_Protect_Create_Live_Environment_and_Climate_Change_Strategy_2040_-_Dec_2019.PDF\">Northern Beaches Environment and Climate Change Strategy 2040<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 60% reduction in carbon emissions by 2040<\/li>\n<li>Net zero emissions by 2045 (aspirational &#8211; 2030)<\/li>\n<li>All suitable Council sites being powered by renewable electricity by 2030<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Solar Uptake Still Sluggish In Northern Beaches<\/h2>\n<p>Council has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au\/council\/news\/our-community-looks-to-embrace-solar\">noted<\/a> there are a lot of rooftops in its region lacking solar panels.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In fact, less than 14 percent of compatible homes across the Northern Beaches have solar installed&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With regard to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/manly-2095-nsw\/\">solar panels in Manly<\/a> specifically, our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/\">location database<\/a> indicates just 3% have systems installed. The NSW average as at September last year according to the Australian Photovoltaic Institute (APVI) was 20.4%.<\/p>\n<p>But there is interest in the bill-busting technology in the Northern Beaches area &#8211; a recent council co-presented webinar on home sustainability was pretty popular, with more than 100 attendees. When attendees were asked about their motivations, the responses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduce carbon emissions \u2013 71%<\/li>\n<li>Save money \u2013 74%<\/li>\n<li>Become self-sufficient \u2013 44%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hopefully Council&#8217;s lead and support will result in more uptake in the Northern Beaches region &#8211; it has a lot of work to do as Council has set its sights on seeing 50% of suitable premises with solar panels installed by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s certainly worth it for Northern Beaches residents to install panels &#8211; according to SQ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar-calculator\/\">solar and battery calculator<\/a>, a 6.6kW system without energy storage installed in Manly will achieve a simple payback in around 3 years, 8 months based on the calculator&#8217;s default settings and assuming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar-brands-trust.html\">good quality components<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/choosing\/\">competently installed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Beaches Council has just installed its largest solar power system to date and is encouraging residents to join the solar energy revolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":41590,"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-41589","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) - 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