Ecological Results

C-PREP - resultant environmental benefits.

November 2009

In all just over 2, 000 ratepayers across seven councils took advantage of the City of Victor Harbors solar panel retrofit.

Interestingly a large number of participants opted for systems much larger than the $1995 1.02kWh system offered. Some went as far as 17.2kWh systems.

For the 900 “ c-prepers” across the Alexandrina, Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island councils the carbon savings, based on the minimum system installed are 1,170 tonnes of CO2 annually.

The money saved annually on power bills is estimated at $250,000.

Of significance is the lessening demand on traditional coal fired plant. If renewable power usage continues to rise it could result in less need for the federal government to subsidise traditional energy suppliers.

These results are encouraging for our first effort. This page will be updated as more data becomes available.

Alternate Energy and Carbon Trading

Overview

issues It is abundantly clear that there are alternative, clean power sources. Equally clear is the need to deploy them at local level as traditional power generation methods, now threaten penury at a minimum and extinction at a maximum. Carbon trading will do nothing for us at local level. This offers Councils economic incentive and opportunity.

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