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Tweed’s councillors voted unanimously back in early April to move to phase to of the group’s Renewable Energy Action Plan

Tweed’s councillors voted unanimously back in early April to move to phase to of the group’s Renewable Energy Action Plan – which includes 10 solar projects worth more than $1million.
The new projects will join the more than 20 solar arrays already installed at Council facilities which they estimate is saving 1185 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually – the equivalent of 66 average households.
The phase two rollout will almost triple Council’s current solar capacity to more than 2200 kWp (kilowatts peak) which is expected to save up to $220,000 per year on energy costs.
Tweed Mayor Chris Cherry said Council was working to respond to the challenges of climate change.
“Through a combination of energy efficiency works, installation of renewable energy systems, carbon offsets and purchasing renewable energy we are aiming to meet Council’s target of reducing electricity-related carbon emissions by 25 per cent by next year (from 2016/17 baseline), 50 per cent by 2025 and to have achieved net zero emissions by 2030,” she said.
“The Renewable Energy Action Plan, launched in 2017, is designed to reduce Council’s electricity grid use, provide operational cost savings and reduce Council’s greenhouse gas emissions.”
Projects at Banora Point Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Tweed Heads Administration Office were deferred from the initial phase of the plan and be completed over the next two years.
Other solar projects in the second phase of the action plan will take place at:
- Tweed Regional Gallery
- Banora Point Community Centre
- Tweed Regional Aquatic Centre – Tweed Heads South
- Kingscliff Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Bray Park Water Pump Station
- Bray Park Water Treatment Plant
- Tweed Regional Museum – Records Storage Centre
- Murwillumbah Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Hastings Point Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Uki Water Treatment Plant
Other works the Council is currently completing to reduce its carbon footprint include:
- Replacing 5700 existing streetlights with energy-efficient LED lights
- Replacing 1800 older lights with LED lights at Council’s facilities
- Replacing older equipment, such as water pumps, with new more energy-efficient systems.
In addition Tweed Shire Council currently purchases around half of its electricity supply from NSW wind and solar farms after signing a 10-year agreement with energy retailer Flow Power in 2020.
For more information on what climate change means for the Tweed, visit www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/climatechange.
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