New research has revealed that Alice Springs has benefited from a $100 million injection into its economy in the last five years through the Alice Solar City project.
Alice Solar City’s largest iconic project, the Uterne solar power station in Alice Springs has won an Engineering Excellence award at the Engineers Australia Northern Division Awards.
Alice Springs households need to register with Alice Solar City by 31 August if they wish to access incentive funding vouchers to help with energy efficiency activities.
Alice Springs businesses are now generating 670,000 kilowatt hours of energy from 2,200 rooftop solar panels, as Alice Solar City funding for commercial solar installations comes to an end.
Two and a half thousand households or 25% of all homes in Alice Springs are now committed to being more energy efficient though the Alice Solar City project.
Alice Springs residents thinking about installing rooftop solar should act now before the reduction of the Australian Government’s Solar Credits rebate takes effect in five weeks, says Alice
With just one year left for Alice Solar City, almost 20 Alice Springs households have publicly committed to reducing their home energy use by 10-20% over the next 12 months.