Renewable Energy Project: Solar Panels
Ravenshoe is a rural and remote township situated on the western edge of the Atherton Tablelands in Queensland. Ravenshoe Community Centre provides a range of services to the communities of Ravenshoe, Millaa, and Mt Garnet including outlying rural areas. The site is shared by the Yabu Mija indigenous women’s organisation, and the grounds feature a community garden. Contact: [email protected]
Project story…
The community centre installed 6kW of solar PV in September 2015, using $2,000 of their own funds and a $7,000 CORENA loan. At the time they had just received a grant to replace all their lighting with LEDs and that, in conjunction with their co-contribution to the solar cost, meant they could expect much greater savings on power bills than could be attributed solely to our loan. But they wanted to pay back their loan quickly, so they voluntarily elected to pay back the loan in just 2 years (instead of about 4 years) and made their final quarterly repayment in January 2018.
This project has been fully funded – Thank you!
Big Win donations that were temporarily used for this project then later repaid to the Big Win funding stream where they helped fund the Enova Community Generator project.
Status: Funded project – loan fully repaid
Loan amount: $7,000
Loan repayments: $855/quarter
Work details
Solar 6kW grid connect system
• 24 x 250W ET Solar ET-P660250WW Polycrystalline Panel
• 1 x SMA SB5000TL-21 Inverter
Cost: $9,000 ($2,000 paid up front by Ravenshoe Community Centre and a $7,000 loan from CORENA)
Expected savings: 26kWh per day, $2,460/yr
Reduction in carbon emissions/yr: Equivalent to 1.71 average households using renewable electricity instead of grid electricity
Honour roll
Thank you to the following people for donating to this project.
| Date | Name | State | Amount |
| 12/08/2015 | Gawler repayment (part) | $780.69 | |
| 12/08/2015 | Peter Wade | Qld | $11.00 |
| 12/08/2015 | Hoadie | Vic | $25.00 |
| 12/08/2015 | Char Grainger | Vic | $20.00 |
| 12/08/2015 | Paul Andrew | $20.00 | |
| 10/08/2015 | Laquorious Dee | SA | $10.00 |
| 07/08/2015 | SW | NSW | $25.00 |
| 05/08/2015 | Peter Wade | Qld | $11.00 |
| 05/08/2015 | Hoadie | Vic | $25.00 |
| 05/08/2015 | Mike F | NSW | $100.00 |
| 05/08/2015 | Luke Schubert | SA | $25.00 |
| 03/08/2015 | Laquorious Dee | SA | $10.00 |
| 03/08/2015 | Jacinta Green | NSW | $5.00 |
| 03/08/2015 | Camden repayment | $673.00 | |
| 31/07/2015 | Interest | $0.13 | |
| 30/07/2015 | Wayne Stanford | SA | $25.00 |
| 29/07/2015 | Peter Wade | Qld | $11.00 |
| 29/07/2015 | Hoadie | Vic | $25.00 |
| 29/07/2015 | Jonathan Doig | NSW | $10.00 |
| 28/07/2015 | John Rolls | SA | $45.00 |
| 28/07/2015 | Gaby Jung | Tas | $25.00 |
| 27/07/2015 | Laquorious Dee | SA | $10.00 |
| 27/07/2015 | Anton Maurus | Vic | $35.00 |
| 23/07/2015 | Mackenzie Davey | $10.00 | |
| 22/07/2015 | Jean Pierre Redestorff | $19.18 | |
| 22/07/2015 | Peter Wade | Qld | $11.00 |
| 22/07/2015 | Hoadie | Vic | $25.00 |
| 20/07/2015 | Barb Frey | WA | $8.00 |
| 20/07/2015 | Laquorious Dee | SA | $10.00 |
| 20/07/2015 | David Lloyd | SA | $25.00 |
| 16/07/2015 | Wayne Stanford | SA | $25.00 |
| 16/07/2015 | Jonathan Maddox | NSW | $50.00 |
| 16/07/2015 | Frank Lin | Qld | $10.00 |
| 15/07/2015 | Peter Wade | Qld | $11.00 |
| 15/07/2015 | Hoadie | Vic | $25.00 |
| 15/07/2015 | Marty Booth | NSW | $60.00 |
| 15/07/2015 | Gabriel Noronha | NSW | $10.00 |
| 14/07/2015 | Jonathan Prendergast | NSW | $5.00 |
| 13/07/2015 | Barb Frey | WA | $8.00 |
| 13/07/2015 | Laquorious Dee | SA | $10.00 |
| 13/07/2015 | Char Grainger | Vic | $20.00 |
| 13/07/2015 | Paulie | SA | $20.00 |
| 09/07/2015 | SW | NSW | $25.00 |
| 08/07/2015 | Peter Wade | Qld | $11.00 |
| 08/07/2015 | Hoadie | Vic | $25.00 |
| 08/07/2015 | Robert A | NSW | $141.34 |
| 08/07/2015 | Margaret Penfold-Newton | SA | $200.00 |
| 06/07/2015 | Barb Frey | WA | $8.00 |
| 06/07/2015 | Laquorious Dee | SA | $10.00 |
| 06/07/2015 | Jacinta Green | NSW | $5.00 |
| 02/07/2015 | Wayne Stanford | SA | $25.00 |
| 01/07/2015 | Peter Wade | Qld | $11.00 |
| 01/07/2015 | Hoadie | Vic | $25.00 |
| 30/06/2015 | Interest | $0.11 | |
| 29/06/2015 | Barb Frey | WA | $8.00 |
| 29/06/2015 | Laquorious Dee | SA | $10.00 |
| 29/06/2015 | Jonathan Doig | NSW | $10.00 |
| 28/06/2015 | John Rolls | SA | $45.00 |
| 26/06/2015 | Anton Maurus | Vic | $35.00 |
| 24/06/2015 | Peter Wade | Qld | $11.00 |
| 24/06/2015 | Hoadie | Vic | $25.00 |
| 23/06/2015 | Mackenzie Davey | $10.00 | |
| 22/06/2015 | Barb Frey | WA | $8.00 |
| 22/06/2015 | Laquorious Dee | SA | $10.00 |
| 22/06/2015 | Bill Gresham | ACT | $500.00 |
| 22/06/2015 | David Lloyd | SA | $25.00 |
| 22/06/2015 | ww | Qld | $50.00 |
| 19/06/2015 | Stu | Vic | $50.00 |
| 19/06/2015 | Karen Hamilton | SA | $75.00 |
| 18/06/2015 | Cate, Zoe, Seamus | Qld | $9.44 |
| 18/06/2015 | Wayne Stanford | SA | $25.00 |
| 17/06/2015 | Peter Wade | Qld | $11.00 |
| 17/06/2015 | Hoadie | Vic | $25.00 |
| 17/06/2015 | Ben | Vic | $31.69 |
| 17/06/2015 | Jean Pierre Redestorff | $19.18 | |
| 16/06/2015 | Jonathan Maddox | NSW | $50.00 |
| 16/06/2015 | Frank Lin | Qld | $10.00 |
| 15/06/2015 | Barb Frey | WA | $8.00 |
| 15/06/2015 | Laquorious Dee | SA | $10.00 |
| 15/06/2015 | Jonathan Prendergast | NSW | $5.00 |
| 15/06/2015 | Marty Booth | NSW | $60.00 |
| 15/06/2015 | Gabriel Noronha | NSW | $10.00 |
| 12/06/2015 | Paulie | SA | $20.00 |
| 11/06/2015 | Charlene Grainger | Vic | $20.00 |
| 10/06/2015 | Big Win loan | $1,000.00 | |
| 10/06/2015 | Peter Wade | Qld | $11.00 |
| 10/06/2015 | Hoadie | Vic | $25.00 |
| 09/06/2015 | SW | NSW | $25.00 |
| 08/06/2015 | Mike Craddock | NSW | $100.00 |
| 08/06/2015 | Barb Frey | WA | $8.00 |
| 08/06/2015 | Laquorious Dee | SA | $10.00 |
| 07/06/2015 | Greengowrie | SA | $50.00 |
| 04/06/2015 | Wayne Stanford | SA | $25.00 |
| 04/06/2015 | Original Green Co | SA | $1,000.00 |
| 04/06/2015 | Fraser A | ACT | $250.00 |
| 04/06/2015 | Jacinta Green | NSW | $5.00 |
| 03/06/2015 | Beechworth repayment (part) | $520.00 | |
| 03/06/2015 | Hender family | SA | $5.44 |