by Solar Gardens | 26, Sep, 2023 | Article, Update
Reposted from The Sydney Morning HeraldBy Nick O’Malley September 25, 2023 When the idea to create a “solar garden”, in which local or city residents could buy “plots” in a regional solar farm, began to evolve, its advocates had no idea they would end up being...
by Solar Gardens | 20, Feb, 2023 | Article, Update
An innovative new community project aims to help Australians who are locked out of rooftop solar join the clean energy revolution. Australia’s first large-scale solar garden, to be built in the NSW Riverina region, is giving climate-conscious Australians the...
by Solar Gardens | 6, Sep, 2022 | Article, Update
If state government-subsidised rooftop solar was solar 1.0, and innovative finance models were solar 2.0, we’re now entering the era of solar 3.0 – for the one-third of people who couldn’t access it until now. While millions of households saw their power prices double...
by Solar Gardens | 6, Jul, 2020 | Article
Most farmers I know have been experiencing the impact of climate change for two to three decades. As farmers we think constantly about what changes we can make to help mitigate it, what impact it has on the land, water and life we have in our care, and what this means...
by Solar Gardens | 12, Jun, 2020 | Article
A Grong Grong farmer is giving the Riverina community the opportunity to buy into the country’s first community solar garden. The Haystacks Solar Garden functions like a community vegetable garden, allowing about 330 community members to purchase a plot in a 3-4...
by Solar Gardens | 10, Jun, 2020 | Article
LEETON shire residents will be among those able to benefit from Australia’s first solar garden. Grong Grong farmer Gemma Meier has set aside about four hectares of land on her mixed farming property to host the solar array. Leasing her paddock for this community-owned...
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