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The following article appeared in the My Property Preview issue 130, on 25 Feb 2011.
A proposed solar parks will revolutionise power on the Sunshine Coast. Local business Energy Parks Australia has lodged a development application, which if approved will mean the Sunshine Coast can boast one of Australia’s largest solar parks.

The project outlines the transformation [...]

Local residents yesterday (22 June) had the undivided attention and support of local councillors, when they shone the spotlight on the single biggest challenge facing Sunshine Coast Regional Council’s new vision to become Australia’s most sustainable region.
Invited to present at council’s General Meeting, members of the Powerlines Action Group of Eumundi (PAGE) told councillors of [...]

Michael Maidens of Oceanic Drive at Warana has become the 500th resident to sign on for the Sunshine Coast Environment Council/Sunshine Coast Daily 1000 Roof Solar Challenge.
Mr Maidens was presented with an energy meter to mark the milestone but for his motivation was to do something positive about climate change and to reduce his own [...]

The Bligh Government is clearly still ignoring local communities on a whole range of issues from energy to water and the environment. Despite Anna Bligh saying that she was listening to community concerns and that she will be there for us, the Bligh Government’s actions and inactions speak louder than words.
PAGE has asked the Bligh [...]

PAGE has asked the Bligh Government for “a clear statement that the Sunshine Coast’s future energy needs be delivered via renewable energy and demand management providing the Bligh Government with a clear opportunity to show it is serious in tackling energy provision in an environmentally responsible manner – the last week of this election gives [...]

Without decisive action, global warming in the 21st century is likely to accelerate at a much faster pace and cause more environmental damage than predicted, according to a leading member of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
“Go Solar” on Swanbank B smoke stack (with thanks Greenpeace/Shakespeare)
IPCC scientist Chris Field of Stanford University and [...]

A $500 million renewable energy fund to kick-start clean power plants across Australia will be brought forward, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.
The fund, originally to be spent over six years starting next year, will instead be invested over 18 months from next year.
Inspecting a new solar farm at Windorah in far western Queensland, Mr Rudd [...]