Sunny Shire, Author at Sutherland Shire Environment Centre

Community Energy concentrates on clean energy solutions for our local community. It empowers people to take action by promoting an increase in clean energy including, renewable energy, energy storage and energy efficiency. Community energy groups can play a variety of roles, from advocates and promoters of clean energy, to developers and owners of clean energy projects. Sunny Shire aims to bring community energy to the Sutherland Shire. This could: * Increase the amount of renewable energy in Sutherland Shire * Save households and business money through reduced electricity bills, strengthening the local economy * Increase energy independence and self reliance * Help shire residents and businesses better understand energy and our electricity market

Bundeena Energy Project

Sunny Shire is working with the Bundeena and Mainbar community to investigate the possibility of an energy project utilising solar and batteries to reduce costs and improve energy reliability. A Bundeena-Maianbar solar group has been established for 3 years. Sunny Shire has facilitated many solar installations in Bundeena as part…

One year with partially-shaded solar

Last year I posted about our decision to install solar despite heavy shading on our roof during the winter months. It’s now over 12 months since the solar was installed and it’s time to report the results! Overall the system production has slightly exceeded my predictions. The system produced approximately…

Can you get 4 year payback 10kW solar without using any daytime electricity?

I noticed recently that AGL have a ‘Solar Savers’ plan offering 20 c/kWh credits for solar fed into the grid. Then I had a thought, I wonder what that means for payback of solar for those with little daytime demand? So I thought I would do some analysis to see…