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25/08/10

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Welcome to the Local Power website!

Local Power is a group of people interested in sustainable power generation which is local and community owned.  PV solar based electricity is one way we can help make this happen.  Click here to learn more about PV solar.

Local Power Buying Group #5

After the success of the Local Power Buying Group #1-#4 projects (approx. 450 homes and 600kW+ of clean energy generation), Local Power Buying Group #5 is now closed.

Click here for more information about Buying Group #5.
 

The Local Power story
is now available
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What's New

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 is now open!
11 August 2009 - Grid Parity by 2012? talk at ANZSES Brisbane Branch meeting (slides) (model)
20 July 2009 - 612 ABC - Madonna King - Going Solar? (mp3)
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).
7 January 2009 - Added energy and PV system monitoring page

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Grid Parity in Australia is getting closer each year.

As the price of grid electricity continues to increase (Queensland - July 2007 11.37%, July 2008 5.38%, July 2009 15.7%), and the price of PV solar continues to come down as it has over the last 20 years, at some point soon the cost of solar electricity will equal the cost of grid electricity. How soon might that be?

Grid Parity by 2012?
talk at ANZSES Brisbane Branch meeting (slides) (model)



Please explore the links on the left of this page to see some of the things we are working on. 
 

   
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