{"id":66512,"date":"2022-10-14T05:13:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T18:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=66512"},"modified":"2022-10-14T05:13:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T18:43:09","slug":"sunshine-coast-solar-ad-mb2675","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunshine-coast-solar-ad-mb2675\/","title":{"rendered":"Spruiking The Sunshine Coast Using Solar Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/solar-powered-ad-3.jpg\" alt=\"Sunshine Coast solar powered ad\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/solar-powered-ad-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/solar-powered-ad-3-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/solar-powered-ad-3-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/solar-powered-ad-3-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The virtues of Queensland&#8217;s Sunshine Coast have been showcased in what&#8217;s claimed to be the world\u2019s first solar powered ad.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Visit Sunshine Coast (VSC) is the Regional Tourism Organisation (RTO) for a large area incorporating Glass House Mountains in the south, to Rainbow Beach in the north, and the Hinterland and Mary Valley to the west. VSC is charged with the task of getting the Sunshine Coast, Noosa and Gympie council regions in front of folks and encouraging them to visit.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s big business, with tourism contributing close to $3 billion in Regional Gross Product to the Sunshine Coast economy and supporting an estimated 26,000 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>VSC&#8217;s latest promotional effort is the &#8220;Sunshine Moments&#8221; campaign:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Find your Sunshine Moment, For real\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zz39JBnHdSw?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>And there you have it. The ad was filmed in nine locations across the region, but what it doesn&#8217;t show is what went into making it. The sunshine was put to good use not just for visuals but also powering the making of the ad.<\/p>\n<p>A mobile solar setup hitched to a production vehicle powered all the equipment on set &#8211; cameras, laptops, lights, drones, battery chargers and even hair dryers.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.visitsunshinecoast.com\/visit-sunshine-coast-launches-worlds-first-solar-powered-ad-sunshine-moments\/\">VSC news item<\/a> doesn&#8217;t go into much detail on the mobile solar power rig, and the company providing it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalgenerators.com\/solar-generator-hire\">Total Generators<\/a>, has little information on their web site. But here&#8217;s a better look:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mobile-solar.jpg\" alt=\"mobile solar generator\" width=\"900\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mobile-solar.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mobile-solar-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/mobile-solar-768x335.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>VSC mentions it being a &#8220;5kw solar generator&#8221;. With only 8 panels on the trailer, they would need to be 625 watts each. Such panels exist these days, but are huge and usually used on solar farms &#8211; and these don&#8217;t look to be that type.<\/p>\n<p>It appears the drones also had their own solar panels, unless that&#8217;s just a prop or some other device attached.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/drone-solar-panels.jpg\" alt=\"Drone solar panels\" width=\"1690\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/drone-solar-panels.jpg 1690w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/drone-solar-panels-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/drone-solar-panels-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/drone-solar-panels-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/drone-solar-panels-1536x763.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1690px) 100vw, 1690px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Offsetting<\/span> Removing Other Emissions<\/h2>\n<p>As for other emissions created as a result of scooting around the region and accommodation and waste associated with production, VSC worked with <a href=\"https:\/\/earthcheck.org\/\">EarthCheck<\/a> to figure these out and then engaged <a href=\"https:\/\/reforest.com.au\/\">Reforest<\/a> to &#8220;remove these emissions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Remove&#8221; is an interesting choice of word as usually with these sorts of arrangements the term &#8220;offset&#8221; is used. But Reforest says while what it offers is similar to an offset, it&#8217;s a &#8220;much more tangible and powerful way to drive real change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reforest connects businesses with local reforestation projects where they can buy trees to restore local ecosystems. The cash provided pays for the preparation, planting, care and legal protection of the trees under conservation covenant for at least 100 years.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;With Reforest you pay for new trees to be planted in a local project of your choice; trees that you can see and track over time, and which will help to restore native forests and biodiversity,&#8221; says the organisation. &#8220;Your trees are planted in certified reforestation projects, so they are carefully managed and audited to ensure they are removing CO2.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyway, the ad was an interesting project &#8211; but it&#8217;s a shame the solar power aspect didn&#8217;t get a look in for the final cut as that could have been a nice hook.<\/p>\n<p>More on the making of Sunshine Moments:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Behind the Scenes - The Making of Sunshine Moments\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/laRrno9RntY?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>And on a related note, if you live in the region and want to take advantage of its solar energy resources, there are some great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/cities\/sunshinecoast\/\">solar installers servicing the Sunshine Coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The virtues of Queensland&#8217;s Sunshine Coast have been showcased in what&#8217;s claimed to be the world\u2019s first solar powered ad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":66517,"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-66512","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) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spruiking The Sunshine Coast Using Solar Power<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The virtues of Queensland&#039;s Sunshine Coast have been showcased in what&#039;s claimed to be the world\u2019s first solar powered ad.\" \/>\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\/sunshine-coast-solar-ad-mb2675\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spruiking The Sunshine Coast Using Solar Power\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The virtues of Queensland&#039;s Sunshine Coast have been showcased in what&#039;s claimed to be the world\u2019s first solar powered ad.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunshine-coast-solar-ad-mb2675\/\" \/>\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=\"2022-10-13T18:43:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/solar-powered-ad-3.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\\\/sunshine-coast-solar-ad-mb2675\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/sunshine-coast-solar-ad-mb2675\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Spruiking The Sunshine Coast Using Solar Power\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-13T18:43:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/sunshine-coast-solar-ad-mb2675\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":564,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/sunshine-coast-solar-ad-mb2675\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/solar-powered-ad-3.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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