{"id":51968,"date":"2021-07-12T06:27:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T19:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=51968"},"modified":"2022-06-13T14:52:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T04:22:19","slug":"central-coast-ev-solar-mb2071","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/central-coast-ev-solar-mb2071\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Coast Council Charging Ahead With Electric Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/central-coast-ev.jpg\" alt=\"Electric vehicles - Central Coast Council\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/central-coast-ev.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/central-coast-ev-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/central-coast-ev-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/central-coast-ev-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NSW&#8217;s Central Coast Council is putting the the pedal to the metal in acquiring battery and hybrid electric vehicles &#8211; with more to come.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>2019 saw the first 100 percent electric vehicle introduced to Council&#8217;s fleet, joining a number of existing hybrid passenger vehicles already in use. Today, Council&#8217;s fleet boasts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a full battery electric tipper truck<\/li>\n<li>6 hybrid electric trucks<\/li>\n<li>9 full battery electric passenger vehicles<\/li>\n<li>112 hybrid electric passenger vehicles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just transport being shifted to pure or hybrid electric &#8211; added to all that is a diesel\/electric 20 tonne hydraulic excavator &#8211; a Komatsu HB215LC.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51970 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/diesel-electric-excavator.jpg\" alt=\"Diesel electric excavator\" width=\"900\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/diesel-electric-excavator.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/diesel-electric-excavator-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/diesel-electric-excavator-768x404.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cCouncil is active in its commitment for a sustainable future and we pledged to be a leader in the use of more sustainable transport, which we are doing,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au\/council\/news\/media-releases\/essential-services-delivered-green-fleet\">said<\/a> Council Director Corporate Affairs and Chief Financial Officer, Natalia Cowley.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And it seems, will continue to do &#8211; Central Coast Council has a goal of transitioning all its passenger, light and heavy commercial vehicle to electric or hybrid electric by 2027, and 95% of its passenger and light commercial vehicles to EVs by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>A recent announcement from the NSW Government, welcomed by Council, will help it towards this goal.<\/p>\n<p>New South Wales&#8217; transport sector currently accounts for 20 per cent of the state\u2019s emissions. Last month, the NSW Government announced a commitment of $490 million to cut taxes, incentivise uptake and reduce barriers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/electric-vehicles\/\">electric vehicle<\/a> purchases over the next four years &#8211; and local councils are among those to benefit.<\/p>\n<p>NSW Energy and Environment Minister Matt Kean said the goal was to see EV sales more than 50% of new cars sold in NSW by 2030.<\/p>\n<h2>Solar Energy On The Central Coast<\/h2>\n<p>All these electric vehicles are great, but what will be the energy source for charging them? In New South Wales there are still coal burners operating, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/bayswater-pollution-penalty-mb2064\/\">Liddell and Bayswater power stations<\/a> (but Liddell will be shutting down soon), and gas-fired generators. But as renewable energy in the state continues to increase, emissions associated with charging EVs will decrease.<\/p>\n<p>On that front, Central Coast Council has also been a mover and shaker on solar power uptake, with more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-central-coast-mb1593\/\">1.8MW of solar panel capacity<\/a> installed on dozens of its buildings. Additionally, Council also has methane gas extraction and electricity generation facilities at four landfill sites, which collectively generate more than 30 gigawatt-hours of electricity each year.<\/p>\n<p>One of Council&#8217;s pledges when joining the Cities Power Partnership was to &#8220;install renewable energy (solar PV and battery storage) on council buildings&#8221;. It&#8217;s not clear how much battery capacity has been installed, but the organisation has certainly made good on its solar power commitment.<\/p>\n<p>On a related note, across the Central Coast local government area there had been approximately 32,184 solar installations as at the end of March this year, with an estimated collective capacity of 165,790 kW (Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/pv-map.apvi.org.au\/historical#10\/-33.3454\/151.2996\">APVI<\/a>). In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/gosford-2250-nsw\/\">Gosford, solar panels<\/a> are a common sight, with more than 6,267 installations in the 2250 postcode as at the end of April this year.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev\/solar-electric-cars\/\">The Home Owner&#8217;s Guide To Solar Power And Electric Cars<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSW&#8217;s Central Coast Council is putting the the pedal to the metal in acquiring battery and hybrid electric vehicles &#8211; with more to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":51969,"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-51968","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>Central Coast Council Charging Ahead With Electric Cars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NSW&#039;s Central Coast Council is putting the the pedal to the metal in acquiring battery and hybrid electric vehicles - with more to come.\" \/>\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\/central-coast-ev-solar-mb2071\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Central Coast Council Charging Ahead With Electric Cars\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NSW&#039;s Central Coast Council is putting the the pedal to the metal in acquiring battery and hybrid electric vehicles - with more to come.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/central-coast-ev-solar-mb2071\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-07-11T19:57:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-13T04:22:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/central-coast-ev.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\/central-coast-ev-solar-mb2071\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/central-coast-ev-solar-mb2071\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Central Coast Council Charging Ahead With Electric Cars\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-11T19:57:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-13T04:22:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/central-coast-ev-solar-mb2071\/\"},\"wordCount\":515,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/central-coast-ev-solar-mb2071\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/central-coast-ev.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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