november 2009 solarrise newsletter, australia solar cities
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Welcome to the third edition o Solarise – the newsletteror Australia’s Solar Cities. Each o the Solar Cities
has exciting events to report including launch o the
Rundle Lantern solar installation in Adelaide Solar City,
construction o the Central Victoria Solar City PV Parks,
and signing o the Perth Solar City unding agreement.
News rom Australia’s Solar Cities
Welcome
In this issue
• Welcome
• Adelaide Solar City powers Rundle Lantern
• Alice Solar City Sustainable Living Houseon show
• Perth Solar City agreement signed
• A ‘BEEP’ case study rom Blacktown SolarCity
• First sod turned or new Solar Park onMagnetic Island
• Central Victoria Solar Parks update
• Spotlight
Let and above: Rundle Lantern solar installation. From L to R: Tim
Peer, Adelaide City Council; Karlos Silva, BP Solar; Dario De Bortoli,
Origin Energy; Kate Ellis, Member or Adelaide, and Michael Harbison,
Adelaide Lord Mayor (images courtesy Adelaide Solar City)
Issue 3
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Stop press!Perth Solar City was launched on 5 November by the
Minister or the Environment, Heritage and the Arts,
Peter Garrett.
Also on 5 November, Blacktown Solar City’s 110 kW
commercial PV system launched at Coca-Cola Amatil.
See the next issue o Solarise or urther inormation.
Adelaide Solar City powers
Rundle LanternAdelaide Solar City is making great progress towards
creating a more sustainable uture or Adelaide, with
completion o the Rundle Lantern solar installation - its
th key photovoltaic (PV) project.
The 50 kilowatt PV installation was designed and
supplied by consortium member BP Solar. The system is
made up o 297 solar panels and is expected to generate
approximately 70,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) o electricity
each year, which is more than enough energy to power
the needs o the Rundle Lantern.
The Rundle Lantern is a dynamic city art installation withnearly 750 LED panels. The LEDs use 90 per cent less
energy than incandescent light bulbs.
The Minister or the Environment, Heritage and the
Arts, Peter Garrett, was represented at the 3 September
launch by the Member or Adelaide, the Hon Kate Ellis.
The Rundle Lantern PV system is one o eight key solar
installations planned by the Adelaide Solar City project,
and was made possible through the joint eorts and
commitment o the Australian Government, BP Solar
and Adelaide City Council – partner to Adelaide Solar
City.
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On 7 September, the Perth Solar City agreement was
signed between the Australian Government and the
project’s lead proponent, Western Power.
Joining Western Power in the Perth Solar City consortium
are the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, the Eastern
Metropolitan Regional Council, Eco Smart, Prospero
Productions, Solahart, SunPower, and Synergy.
The Perth Solar City project is the seventh city to receive
unding under the Government’s Solar Cities program
and is also one o the largest demonstration Solar Cities.
Involving the six member councils o the Perth East
Metropolitan Region, support rom the project will be
made available to an expected 300,000 residents.
To nd out more on Perth Solar City, please visit the
website: www.perthsolarcity.com.au
Perth Solar City agreementsigned
Above let to right: Michael Ward, Director Solar Cities; LisaCunningham, Manager Smart Grid Western Power; Ross Carter, FirstAssistant Secretary Renewables and Energy Eciency Division; Alan
Balino, Assistant Director Solar Cities; Mary Wiley-Smith (seated)Assistant Secretary Renewables and Energy Eciency Division; andDoug Aberle (seated) CEO Western Power.
The Alice Solar City Sustainable Living House was launched
on 13 September 2009.
The Sustainable Living House is a showcase o the energy
eciency and solar measures recommended or the arid
environment and available through Alice Solar City.
An open competition was held within the community
which received more than 60 entries. To ensure a holistic
approach that includes water eciency, Alice Solar City
partnered with local environmental NGO – DesertSMART
COOLmob – which managed and unded the water
eciency elements o the project.
The winner o the competition has received a complete
energy and water makeover, with over 20 measures
installed including energy ecient LED lighting, grey
water and solar PV systems, double skin thermal walls and
a white roo – which helps keep the temperature o the
house down by up to 15 degrees.
In return, Alice Solar City organises an open-house to
the public once every two months or two years to
demonstrate an energy wise home to the Alice Springs
community. The energy and water consumption o the house will
continue to be monitored and evaluated.
The rst open day was held in conjunction with
Sustainable House Day - over 250 local residents attended.
Alice Solar City SustainableLiving House on show
Let and above: Alice Solar City Sustainable Living House, one-stop
booster or solar hot water system
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The Business Energy Eciency Program (BEEP) o
Blacktown Solar City targets Blacktown businesses with
typical annual energy costs o more than $75,000. The
program helps eligible businesses take the rst steps
towards cutting energy costs and carbon emissions
through energy-eciency upgrades.
One o many businesses to take up the Blacktown Solar
City oer is the Our Lady o Consolation Aged Care
Services (OLOCACS) which operates 365 days a year,
providing both nursing home and hostel care. The centreincludes a commercial laundry and kitchen, a chapel,
convent, recreation hall, wellness centre, hairdresser and
administration area.
Blacktown Solar City consortium member – Big Switch
Projects – conducts targeted energy audits under BEEP.
The OLOCACS energy audit included a pre-easibility study
o onsite cogeneration and photovoltaics, and ocussed on
lighting, power actor correction and laundry operations.
The audit identied potential energy savings o 1,300
gigajoules per year rom improvements to light ttings,
changes to the laundry operations and lighting controlsacross the acility. The annual potential energy saving is
the equivalent o removing 42 cars rom the road.
OLOCACS CEO, Barry Wiggins, said he was delighted with
the work done through Blacktown Solar City.
“We have some very cost-eective changes we can start
in the near uture, and some long term projects that we
can start planning or now with the knowledge that the
payback is only going to get better over time – particularly
i electricity and gas prices change,” Mr Wiggins said.
A ‘BEEP’ case study romBlacktown Solar City
Right: indicative artist’s impression o Magnetic Island PV park
(image courtesy Townsville: Queensland Solar City)
Above: Our Lady o Consolation Aged Care Services (OLOCACS).
The rst step towards construction o a 100kW Solar Park
on Magnetic Island was taken in late September, with an
ocial sod turning ceremony at the Smart Liestyle Centre.
The ceremony took place during a visit by some o
the leading international solar and renewable energy
researchers and industry representatives. The visiting
delegation was enjoying a Renewable Energy Tour o the
Townsville: Queensland Solar City project as part o the
Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES)
Solar 09 Conerence in Townsville.
Solar City Project Manager, Ian Cruickshank, said that once
completed, the Solar Park is expected to generate about
119,100 kWh o renewable solar energy and displace over
120 tonnes o carbon emissions each year.
“This is an exciting initiative which demonstrates the
commitment o the Townsville: Queensland Solar City
project in delivering practical applications o solar energy
that will assist our understanding o renewable energy and
will also benet the local community,” Mr Cruickshank said.
“Magnetic Island continues its transormation into a
shining example o what a community can do to learnabout and manage their demand or household energy.
“The development o this Solar Park and the Smart
Liestyle Centre will only advance this transormation, and
help make the precinct a showpiece and a major drawcard
on Magnetic Island.”
The Solar Park is expected to include a number o
structures to demonstrate multiple ways to use high
quality PV, and will produce publishable results o PV
operation in the tropics.
Community consultation started recently to gain
community input towards the best design or the SolarPark and associated acilities.
First sod turned or new SolarPark on Magnetic Island
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SpotlightIn this column, we introduce
someone involved with Solar Cities
and learn about their role in the
program.
In this issue we meet Bruce
Thompson, Project Manager o
Moreland Solar City.
How long have you been working on Moreland Solar
City?
I’ve worked on the Moreland Solar City project
or our years, rom its development as a concept,
application or unding through to detailed design and
implementation in 2009. It’s very rewarding to now be
implementing the ideas and plans on the ground.
What issues do you deal with in a typical working day?
A typical day involves oversight o project
administration, working with our team on design and
delivery o our key initiatives, meeting with consortium
members and project delivery partners.
What excites you most about your Solar City?
There’s a lot o activity within our community on
climate change that’s increasing daily. The Solar
City project is exciting as we can provide practical
assistance to the community and integrate actions to
build a sustainable vision or Moreland.
Describe the energy saving measures you have
undertaken in your own home?
As a renter, I’ve done most o the basic actions
possible – I have replaced all incandescent lights with
CFLs, draught sealing o doors and windows, switch
o standby appliances, and raised the ridge to aid
air circulation capacity. I’ve recently had a HomeSustainability Assessment or a Green Loan and I’m
now talking with our landlady to see i we can replace
the existing electric hot water system with either gas
instantaneous or gas solar.
Further inormationVisit the Solar Cities website:www.environment.gov.au/settlements/solarcities
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Central Victoria Solar Parksupdate Two 300kW Solar Parks are nearing completion as part o
the Central Victoria Solar City (CVSC). Located in Ballarat
and Bendigo, these Parks have incorporated fat plate
tracking technologies along with xed plate systems.
The Bendigo Solar Park also integrates battery storage
technology which is the rst o its kind in Australia. These
innovations will provide greater monitoring and control
to ensure maximum eciencies in energy production, at
the same time, increasing the economic return o the solar
energy captured.
The two Solar Parks are expected to become unique
landmarks in Bendigo and Ballarat, and are located next
to the Bendigo Livestock Exchange and at Ballarat Airport,
respectively.
When combined, the two Solar Parks occupy an area
equivalent to the size o three soccer elds or one and a
hal Aussie Rules ovals.
Visitors will be able to visit each Solar Park and observe
digital read outs o the amount o energy generated
by the Park and the amount o greenhouse gas
emissions saved. Three hundred households in Ballaratand Bendigo will soon have the opportunity to subscribe
to the unique CVSC Solar Park Package.
For more inormation, please visit
www.centralvictoriasolarcity.com.au or call the Central
Victoria Solar City oce on 03 5479 1900.
Above let: Bendigo PV Park
Below let: Ballart PV Park
(image courtesy Central Victoria Solar City)