What's been happening at Local Power...
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 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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