Welcome to Local Power

18/04/12

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 #7

After the success of the Local Power Buying Group #1-#6 projects, Local Power Buying Group #7 is open!

NB the pricing on the link below may not be the latest as our supplier is holding a special, while stocks last. Please contact us for the latest special pricing.

Click here to join the Buying Group.

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What's New

20 March 2012 - Interested in buying an Electric Car? Find out more information click here.
13 February 2012 - Free Community Screening of Revenge of the Electric Car. For details click here
9 September 2011 - Local Power Buying Group #7 is now open!
12 March 2011 - Local Power Buying Group #6 is now closed.
5 March 2011 - Local Power Buying Group #6 is now open!
16 January 2011 - PV Solar flood safety page added
13 January 2011 - Local Power members emailed with PV Solar flood safety information
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)
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)
7 January 2009 - Added energy and PV system monitoring page

Click here for more What's New.

The Local Power story
is now available
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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)

Important PV Solar safety bulletin for flooded areas

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

Here are photos of the installations in Buying Group #1