19. Coast FM transmitter

Project 19: Coast FM transmitter, Tas

Coastal FM operates a professionally built studio complex in Wynyard with 3 transmitters covering the NW Coast of Tassie from Smithton to Launceston. It is a community radio station operated by a core of 12 on-air volunteer staff with an average age of 65 who provide 24/7 production for an approximate audience of 40-50,000 listeners for a variety of different programs.
Website: http://www.coastfm.org/

Project story…

This Quick Win project was for solar PV for the Coast FM transmitter at Table Cape. Their aim was to reduce emissions from both their Wynyard studio and their transmitters, but we started with the Table Cape transmitter because they had hopes of receiving a grant for solar for the studio. When that ultimately didn’t happen we later gave them a separate CORENA loan for solar PV at their studio as well.

See what has been achieved via the CORENA loan to Coast FM so far

* The MWh figure is the amount of grid electricity avoided by solar electricity generation and energy efficiency measures. The resultant reductions in carbon emissions can be visualised as an equivalent number of average households switching from grid electricity to 100% renewable electricity, noting that the subsequent projects have been avoiding grid electricity for less time than the original project.

This project is now fully funded – Thank you!

Honour roll

Thanks to all the people who have donated to this project.