Eco Friendly

Tristan Rankine lives with his wife, Jenni and two boys, Max and Sam on a beautiful 6-acre property at Cooroy Mountain where they own and operate an eco-friendly homestead, Kuri’bigil'ba.

Already making use of the many natural resources available including solar hot water, rainwater and the Cooroy Mountain natural springs that run through the property, there was only one thing left to make this environmentally friendly oasis complete, solar.

Tristan decided to install a 30kW solar farm, the largest system able to operate on three-phase power, to completely offset the power used by the homestead and generate an income.

Tristan was lucky enough to sign up for his install before the Queensland Government Solar Bonus Scheme changes in June earlier this year that limited grid-connected solar PV systems to a maximum of 5kW capacity.

This large, ground-mount system is a huge 120 panels divided into three-separate banks and is expected to generate enough energy to power several households.

“We will eventually look at storing some of the solar power generated in battery systems to be used as backup for when the power goes out during Queensland storms so we are able to run sewage, water pumps and receive bookings,” Tristan said.

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