News & Events
News & Events
Updates
Recent site inspection. L to R: Peter Fraser, Gerald Arends (Komo Energy), Ed Suttle, Louise Bennetts, Mhairi Fraser.
March 2025
Divalls Earthmoving has now completed all stage two civil works on the site, including levelling, spraying, seeding, sediment control and contouring, and enlarging the sediment pond.
Smart Commercial will begin construction in early April, starting with foundations for the racking, followed by construction of the racking and then installation of the panels, inverter skid, and battery.
Divall’s Earthmoving moving earth!
Bigger battery.
Trina have advised that the 2.3 MWh battery is no longer in production and have offered a larger 2.85 MWh battery at no extra charge. That will increase revenue from the battery in the late afternoon / evening at no extra cost! They are also offering a much larger battery that the board is considering purchasing. More on that soon.
Trina is also upgrading the size of the panels from 605W to 610W at a small additional charge. This will increase output by about 1.5%.
Last year’s milestones
Here are some milestones reached through 2024 :
- Civil works stage 1 completed
- Our target of $2.7M has been met and surpassed
- Lengthy negotiations with council regarding conditions for the construction certificate finalised.
- Appointment of a new treasurer following the untimely death of Gretchen Alt-Cooper
- Numerous media appearances including video for The New Joneses.
- Successful AGM held in November
- Trina Solar closen to supply racking, panels and battery.
Thank you for your faith in this project Goulburn, (and others in surrounding areas) we are so proud to call this project ours.
We are now oversubscribed for the additional $600K to finance the larger battery.
We’ve registered over 300 members and issued share certificates to our investors.
We’ve met our milestones with the NSW Goverment department responsible for the grant.
THE NEXT STEPS:
- Now that civil works have been completed Smart Commercial (the EPC contractor) can commence foundations and then build racking.
- Once racking has been constructed panels can be installed and the project can then go through the testing phase.
- The battery will be installed and connected towards the end of the panel construction
Media Releases
AGM guest speaker Dr Rebecca Colvin talks about community attitudes to renewables. More HERE
Other News
Vale Gretchen Alt-Cooper
March It is with great sadness that we inform you of the death of Gretchen Alt-Cooper, dear friend and Treasurer of the Goulburn Community Energy Cooperative (the Co-Op) and Community Energy for Goulburn (CE4G). Read full obituary HERE.
Solar Farm at Community energy Conference, Sydney March 2024.
Congress for Community Energy held a conference in Sydney as part of the Smart Energy Conference. GCEC was represented by our Chairperson Andrew Bray, together with Jonathan Prendergast from Komo energy.
CE4G makes submission to the Safeguard Mechanism review.
February 2023.
Community Energy for Goulburn has made a nine page submission to the Safeguard Mechanism Review arguing for a limit to offsets. Read submission HERE
November 2024 Co-op joins BCCM
We have now become an Associate Member of the Business Council of Cooperatives and Mutuals. This gives us access to assistance, support and advice from the peak body of Co-ops and Mutuals in Australia.
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