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Join one of our free online events coming up to hear more about Australia’s first large-scale solar garden – pioneering the way you can have solar without a sunny roof.
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Tune in to hear our experts share:
- What are solar gardens and why Australia needs them
- How this type of offsite solar can help renters & apartment dwellers
- The financial & environmental benefits of joining
- Perks of having offsite solar
Solar Gardens are already popular in the United States and Europe, we explain how you can join a solar garden in Australia.
This project is the brainchild of Australia’s leading support organisation for community energy projects Community Power Agency along with Pingala, a Sydney based community energy group and partners with solar developer Komo Energy.
Renters go bush to buy a slice of sunshine
By climate reporter Jo Lauder Published in the ABC Tuesday 23 April 2024 - see the interactive story - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/australia-s-first-solar-garden-/103657946 Farmer Gemma...
‘Solar garden’ allows city dwellers to buy ‘plots’ in regional solar farms
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 delayed by a punishing federal tax, a global pandemic and a foreign war.
Haystacks Solar Garden delivering PV opportunities for all
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...
Australia’s first large-scale Solar Garden expands to the whole grid!
Over 3 million homeowners currently enjoy the benefits of making their own electricity for free from rooftop solar. Today, access to Australia’s first solar garden has expanded to allow more...
Solar 3.0: Green power is now more accessible than ever
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...
Solar gardens offer opportunities for regions
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...