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Sustainable House Day – Sept 9

August 30, 2012 by Darren

Here’s a great opportunity to have a tour of one of the Illawarra’s most sustainable homes – the Rowes’ residence in Shellharbour.

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Councils, Science and Technology Tagged: Climate Challenge, Electricity, illawarra, Shellharbour, solar grid-connect, solar hot water, sustainability, Waste

NSW Government Revamps Solar Feed In Tariff Scheme

October 27, 2010 by Darren

Effective midnight tonight, the NSW Government has announced a revamping of the Solar Bonus Scheme – the gross feed-in tariff for solar electricity has been reduced from 60c per kWh to 20c per kWh.

Posted in: Electricity, Illawarra Businesses Tagged: Australia, Electricity, ETS, nsw government, SHCP, solar feed-in tariff, solar grid-connect, solar installations, solar panels

We Now Have Solar Power!

May 18, 2009 by Darren

OK, our solar power system actually got installed a week ago, but I wanted some photos so I had to wait until the weekend. Anyway, we now have solar power! We got a 1 kW grid-connected solar power system from Earth Utility. Once again (we previously got solar hot water from them), their service was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: power inverters, pv, solar grid-connect, solar hot water system, solar panels, solar power, solar rebate

Solar Power Information Nights – Jamberoo and Kiama

March 23, 2009 by Darren

Are you interested in learning more about getting grid-connected solar power for your home? You may be able to take advantage of the $8000 means-tested Government rebate which ends 30th June 2009, or the new non-means-tested solar credit scheme starting from 1st July 2009! Jamberoo FutureCare will be hosting two information sessions, in association with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Events Tagged: government rebates, group purchase, information night, information session, jamberoo, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, solar grid-connect, solar power

Jamberoo FutureCare – My First Meeting

February 10, 2009 by Darren

Last night I attended my first meeting of the [Jamberoo FutureCare](http://jamberoofuturecare.googlepages.com/) group. What a great meeting! The members are all very switched-on people, with a wide variety of knowledge and experience in different aspects of sustainability. It was reallly encouraging and motivating for me to meet people like that so close to home. We discussed … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Organisations Tagged: illawarra, jamberoo, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, solar grid-connect, solar hot water system, sustainability

Solar Power On It’s Way!

December 18, 2008 by Darren

We received an email last night from Earth Utility confirming our order for a 1 kW solar power system. They also phoned today to make sure we were kept informed. I’m really happy with their service so far. **WARNING:** Earth Utility appears to be in trouble (updated 28-04-2010). Now it’s just a matter of waiting … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: Australia, carbon emissions, Earth Utility, incentive schemes, micro hydro, renewable energy, solar feed-in tariff, solar grid-connect, solar installations, solar panels, solar power, solar power system, solar rebate

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