What's been happening at Local Power...
30 June 2013 - Qld Solar Bonus Scheme installation
deadline for 44c approvals.
31 May 2013 - Qld electricity prices will rise 22.6%.
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5 April 2013 - Australia reaches 1 million PV rooftops milestone.
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16 November 2012 - Federal Solar Credits multiplier to end 6 months
early.
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9 July 2012 - Qld Solar Bonus Scheme cutoff for 44c applications.
25 June 2012 - Qld Solar Bonus Scheme changes announced.
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20 March 2012 - Interested in buying an Electric Car?
Find out more information click here.
13 February 2012 - Free Community Screening of
Revenge of the Electric Car.
For details click here
9 September 2011 - Local Power Buying Group #7 is now
open!
12 March 2011 - Local Power Buying Group #6 is now
closed.
5 March 2011 - Local Power Buying Group #6 is now open!
16 January 2011 -
PV Solar flood safety
page added
13 January 2011 - Local Power members emailed with PV Solar flood safety
information
25 August 2010 - Local Power Buying Group #5 is now
closed.
6 August 2010 - Local Power Buying Group #5 is now open!
29 July 2010 - IBM ADL - Engineering Tech Talk - Home Solar Panels and
Grid Parity (slides)
19 April 2010 - Hatch - Sustainability Week 2010 - PV
Solar goes mainstream (slides)
13 April 2010 -
Solar Power
International 2009 trip report -
AuSES Brisbane branch
meeting (slides)
29 March 2010 -
Australian Institute of Architects distributed energy -
Sustainable
Communities Dialogues 1 (slides)
23 March 2010 - Local Power Buying Group #4 is now
closed.
8 March 2010 - Local Power Buying Group #4 was opened
2 September 2009 - Sustainable Homes Course on Oct 17&18
(program,
registration form)
11 August 2009 -
Grid Parity by 2012? talk at ANZSES
Brisbane Branch meeting (slides)
(model)
26 June 2009 - The REC price is
dropping
9 June 2009 - The SHCP rebate has ended early replaced with the Solar
Credits scheme (REC multiplier).
22 May 2009 - BG#3 closed with over 100 orders, so we can
inspect and organise rebate forms before June 30.
9 May 2009 - Local Power
250 celebration
9 May 2009 - Local Power book launch - read an
extract and buy a copy here
6 May 2009 - Local Power Buying Group #3 was opened
25 March 2009 - Buying Group #2 is halfway having
installed more than 50 homes
2 March 2009 - Buying Group #2 installations commence
3 February 2009 - Sustainable Homes Course in West End
on Feb 21&22 (program,
registration form)
7 January 2009 - Added energy and PV system
monitoring page
17 December 2008 - The means tested SHCP rebate will be
replaced in July 2009 with a REC scheme
5 December 2008 - BG#2 closed with 130 orders, so we can
inspect and organise rebate forms by Christmas.
24 November 2008 - Buying Group #2 has already received
46 orders.
20 November 2008 - Local Power Buying Group #2
was opened
8 & 11 November 2008 - Local Power spoke at
Sustainable Jamboree
Energy Efficiency Show
11 October 2008 - Local Power spoke at
GreenFest
25 September 2008 - spoke at the
BIEDO
Future Energy Forum (dinner talk
notes & workshop
slides)
9 September 2008 - Added page about Australian REC
prices
26 August 2008 - the very last installation of Buying Group #1 was
completed
18 August 2008 - Local Power put in a submission to the Feed-in Tariff
Senate Inquiry
30 July 2008 - all but the last two installations of the Buying Group #1
were completed (still awaiting an external inverter and a
very late rebate approval)
22 May 2008 - spoke at
ATA Brisbane Branch
meeting (slides)
24 April 2008 - Local Power wins Channel Ten Telstra
Environment Award for
April
23 April 2008 - spoke at Griffith University EcoCentre
community forum on renewable energy (slides)
14 April 2008 - first installations start in
Local Power Buying Group
31 March 2008 - Feed-in tariff
page added
13 February 2008 - PV solar
newsletter #8
12 February 2008 - First Local Power Buying Group is closed
8 February 2008 - PV solar
newsletter #7
2 February 2008 - Local
Power Public Meeting
25 January 2008 - PV solar
newsletter #6
15 January 2008 - PV solar
newsletter #5
8 January 2008 - Local Power Buying Group
#1 is released and will close on 15 February 2008
8 January 2008 - PV solar
newsletter #4
28 November 2007 - Local Power passes 700 registered email
addresses. See the top postcodes
24 November 2007 - attended Trevor Berrill's
Sustainable Homes course
18 November 2007 - had stall at
Citysmart Neighborhood Fair - Wishart Ward
15 November 2007 - had stall at
Climate Change Seminar Series -
Morningside Ward
13 November 2007 - Map added of South East Queensland
BCSE accredited PV solar designers
28 October 2007 - spoke at
West End Community Association (WECA) meeting
18 October 2007 - spoke at a
sustainable energy forum
(pdf)
19 September 2007 - PV solar
newsletter #3
19 September 2007 - Local Power passes 600 registered email addresses.
17 September 2007 - Brisbane City Council
Sustainable Brisbane
online forums are discussing
PV solar
11 September 2007 - spoke at the West End Traders Association
6 September 2007 - attended
Renewable Energy Forum at Chermside
22 August 2007 - added
greenpower in Qld comparison to
"save energy" page
19 August 2007 - added
Sliver information to the PV solar
page
14 August 2007 - attended Going Solar
Forum at Ashgrove
13 August 2007 - Local Power passes 500 registered email addresses.
13 August 2007 - energy calculator
link added to "save energy" page
13 August 2007 - SA and ACT feed-in tariff details added to
links and PV solar
pages
3 August 2007 - PV solar
newsletter #2
29 July 2007 - PV solar
newsletter #1
27 July 2007 - added Ashgrove Solar
Hotwater community bulk buy to links and "save
energy" page
6 July 2007 - 4101 area letterbox drops begin
13 June 2007 - draft website goes live
Media Coverage...
20 July 2009 - 612 ABC - Madonna King -
Going Solar? (mp3)
20 November 2008 - Westender - "Second
Wind for Solar Power"
15 November 2008 - The Courier Mail p35 - "People
power, from the rooftops"
7 November 2008 - The Satellite article - "Live
lightly on the Earth"
12 February 2008 - Channel 10 TV News segment
6 February 2008 - Southern
Star article
1 February 2008 - ABC TV News segment
24 January 2008 -
City South News article
11 August 2007 - The Courier Mail p76 - Village Green
"Have your say"
21 July 2007 - 4ZZZ - 12:15pm - Brisbane Line interview
19 July 2007 -
City South News article
17 July 2007 - 612 ABC - 6:45am - Spencer Howson interview
12 July 2007 -
Westender
article
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