Gold! Or words like it have would have been the cry that turned this humble sheep station of a town into the thriving metropolis of Ballarat, starting in 1851 when gold was first discovered at the strangely-named Poverty Point.
Though the goldfields no longer sustain the proud city, it is now another form of gold that it taking off amongst residents as they aim to reduce both carbon emissions and their skyrocketing electricity bills. Pro-solar energy activists in the city have celebrated the takeup of renewable energy, saying the increasingly falling price of solar panels has made the alternative energy competitive with fossil fuels.
The popularity of residential PV shows no signs of slowing down in Ballarat. Even the last couple of years has seen continued significant growth in solar installations. As at May 2018, approximately 2,690 small-scale solar power systems had been installed in Ballarat’s postcode (3350), with a collective capacity of more than 10 megawatts.By July 2020, those figures had reached 3,963 systems installed with a collective capacity of 19,313 kW. Ballarat's solar capacity had grown by around 90% in just two years.
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