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Solar Energy @ Council

Alice Springs has a his­to­ry as a Solar City

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil was the lead pro­po­nent in the Alice Solar City project that ran from 2008 to 2013. In that time the pro­gram admin­is­tered $40M of grant fund­ing, pro­vid­ing a $100M eco­nom­ic boost to the town and a total of 700 solar pho­to­volta­ic (PV) sys­tems were installed on homes and busi­ness­es. Alice Solar City was one of sev­en projects fund­ed through the Aus­tralian Gov­ern­ment Solar Cities Pro­gram launched in 2008. The five year pro­gram came to an end with a long list of achieve­ments for both res­i­dents and com­mer­cial prop­er­ties. For more on this suc­cess­ful com­mu­ni­ty project, check out the below link to lega­cy reports and fact sheets.

Reports:

  1. PDF, 8.3 MB Alice Solar City 2008 2013 Report
  2. PDF, 2.2 MB Commercial Program Report
  3. PDF, 952.3 kB Home Energy Audit Customer Feedback
  4. PDF, 1.4 MB Cost Relective Tariff Pricing Trial
  5. PDF, 2.2 MB Residential Photocoltaic System
  6. PDF, 2.1 MB Residential Solar Hot Water
  7. PDF, 4.9 MB Residential Overview
  8. PDF, 1.7 MB Community Engagement
  9. PDF, 1.3 MB Residential Energy Efficiency Measures
  10. PDF, 1.5 MB Alice Springs Hospital Energy Efficiency Project Report
  11. PDF, 4.5 MB The Sustainable Living House Project Report
  12. PDF, 1.9 MB Tangentyere Housing Project Final Report
  13. PDF, 2.4 MB Tangentyere Housing Project Community Research Report main report
  14. PDF, 4.2 MB Tangentyere Housing Project Community Research Report Appendices
  15. PDF, 3.8 MB Tangentyere Housing Project Health Habitat Report Temperature and Power Monitoring
  16. PDF, 1.1 MB A Review of the Alice Solar City Program CDU
  17. PDF, 454.9 kB Mc Gregor Tan Community Survey Report Summary July 2012
  18. PDF, 293.1 kB Literature Review Household energy consumption conservation and efficiency

Con­sumer Factsheets:

  1. PDF, 980.1 kB Heating and Cooling
  2. PDF, 1.0 MB Insulation
  3. PDF, 2.4 MB External Shading
  4. PDF, 1.0 MB Photovoltaic Power
  5. PDF, 397.8 kB Solar Hot Water
  6. PDF, 95.7 kB Solar Hot Water FA Qs
  7. PDF, 797.7 kB Lighting
  8. PDF, 1.1 MB Refrigerators and Freezers

Solar at Alice Springs Town Council

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil has a grow­ing num­ber of solar instal­la­tions. In 2018 Coun­cil installed its first ever ground mount­ed, large scale solar array at Alice Springs Aquat­ic and Leisure Cen­tre, bring­ing Coun­cil’s total solar capac­i­ty to 575kW. These solar PV sys­tems reduce our green­house gas emis­sion and save on ener­gy bills.

Solar ener­gy now com­pris­es 20% of the ener­gy use of five of our major facil­i­ties — Civic Cen­tre, Alice Springs Aquat­ic and Leisure Cen­tre, Coun­cil Depot, Alice Springs Pub­lic Library and the Region­al Waste Man­age­ment Facility.

Cities Pow­er Partnership

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil is a par­tic­i­pant in the Cli­mate Council’s Cities Pow­er Part­ner­ship. As well as being a com­mit­ment to action, par­tic­i­pat­ing in the CPP pro­vides Coun­cil with the oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn and share knowl­edge with oth­er local gov­ern­ments. You can learn more about the CPP here.