{"id":48243,"date":"2021-03-09T05:22:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T18:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=48243"},"modified":"2021-03-09T05:22:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T18:52:59","slug":"solar-shalom-college-mb1907","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-shalom-college-mb1907\/","title":{"rendered":"Shalom College Solar Farm Officially Opened"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Solar installer GEM Energy has another big commercial solar and storage project in the spotlight; this one at a secondary school in Bundaberg, Queensland.<\/p>\n

Shalom College is a large school, providing secondary education to around 1,300 students from the Bundaberg region. Given the facilities it offers, the school would have eye-watering electricity bills. The first mention of the school considering installing solar power in a big way seems to have been back in 2017.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2021 and the College’s 810kW system was officially opened last Friday. In addition to the thousands of ground-mounted solar panels, 1160kW of Tesla battery storage was also installed consisting of nine Tesla Powerpacks with a total storage capacity of 2,088 kilowatt hours.<\/p>\n

“Since the Solar Farm has come on-line, Shalom College is securing 100% of energy needs from the Sun,” stated<\/a> a Shalom College news item published Friday. “On days when sunlight is limited and power needs to be taken from the grid, we have entered into an \u2018off-take\u2019 agreement with Hydro Tasmania which effectively ensures that all power consumption is from renewable sources.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Work began on the project in January 2020, but it’s not clear when it became fully operational.<\/p>\n

Shalom College states part of its mission is to create a culture that nurtures growth and students\u2019 connectedness to their world, the protection of a fragile environment and each other.<\/p>\n

“Shalom College aims to harness and channel the optimism of the young and their desire to make a difference in the world thereby providing renewed hope and confidence in tomorrow for all.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No doubt the system will provide valuable learning opportunities for students and inspire some to pursue renewable energy based careers.<\/p>\n

According to GEM, this is currently the largest installation of its type in Australia at a private education facility.<\/p>\n

This installation was part of the 6MW partnership GEM Energy established with Catholic Education Rockhampton in 2015 involving the installation of solar energy systems across dozens of sites, and 4 megawatt-hours of Tesla battery storage.<\/span><\/p>\n

In August last year, the company was also selected to deliver a $20 million solar power<\/a> and Tesla battery storage project for the Townsville Catholic Education Office.<\/p>\n

Home Solar Power To Huge Commercial PV Systems<\/h2>\n

GEM Energy<\/a> has an impressive portfolio of commercial solar projects; among them:<\/p>\n