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Energy Consumption and Generation by LGA

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2018 Electricity Consumption and Generation by Local Government Area  Solar Energy exported to the Grid by LGA Unmetered Electricity (eg Street Lights) Street Lights are currently being upgraded to LED s and this should see a dramatin reduction in the electricity consumption. Graphs of data provided by AUSGRID at https://www.ausgrid.com.au/Industry/Innovation-and-research/Data-to-share/Average-electricity-use

LED Street Lighting

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Inner West Council is funding the conversion of our street lighting to LED. LE 26854 in Annandale has one of the new LED fittings. The switch to LED lighting will reduce electricity consumption and so emissions and electricity costs. " In 2018, Inner West Council, along with 16 other Councils, agreed to accept Ausgrid’s offer to accelerate the replacement of all existing streetlights (on minor residential roads) with the new lights.".. https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/develop/works-in-your-area/ausgrid-street-light-replacement Read about other LED Lighting Projects in Annandale at http://ramin.com.au/annandale/Annandale-LED-Lighting-Pilot.shtml LED Lighting LED Light at night

Canberra's new Light Rail, Drone Pilot and LED street lighting

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Light Rail The first stage of the Light Rail has opened in Canberra. While the new service is being bedded in, Trips are free but passengers need to use ACT MyWay Public Transport Card and tap on and off. Unlike the Inner West light Rail in Sydney the tracks are bedded in concrete instead of blue metal. Interaction between pedestrians and cyclists and the Light Rail is a new experience for Canberrans. The free trips are popular with Canberrans lining up and squeezing onto the trams. Stage 2 of the Light Rail is part of a Greens-Labour Parliamentary Agreement when the ACT government was formed in 2016. ACT Light Rail  The light rail runs between Civic and Gunghalin. More like a train than a tram the line is in the middle of the large arterial roads which connect Civic to Canberra. Drone, Mitchell Housing density is being significantly increased in the corridor. It is likely that as in Sydney's Inner West Light Rail demand will grow more rapidly than ...