Balmain resident Fiona* of Arthur St had been thinking about going solar for about two-and-a-half years. “I didn’t know where to start,” she told us. “I didn’t know what was involved, and I guess I needed a push.” That push came when she heard us speak at a Climate...

It’s International Women’s Day on Sunday so to mark that today we’re profiling the first female member of our solar installer network, Loretta Hill of Roland Lawrence Electrical. Loretta, 16, has travelled a long way to join Roland’s company in Sydney. She’s from...

Freelance audio journalist and producer Sharon Davis made a serious start on getting quotes for solar PV a couple of years ago - but the process was so daunting even she gave up.“I actually put out some feelers about solar power to particular people, to installers,...

West Ryde resident Suzanne Mann had wanted to go solar for “years and years” for environmental reasons. Three months ago she finally got her wish and now, with the bushfire emergency across Australia, she’s more determined than ever that installing solar PV was the...

This is our Christmas extended-solar-family photo! We only all get together once a year, so the Inner West Community Energy management team hosting Christmas drinks the other night for the group’s preferred solar installers from Roland Lawrence Electrical, Brightside...

This is the second time this exact situation has occurred through Inner West Community Energy. No doubt it won’t be the last. When commercial lawyer Phillip Cornwell first went solar, he bought a modest system of eight panels encouraged by the then fabulous 60...

Inner West Community Energy is bringing our popular Solar Information Night to Dear Delicious in Dulwich Hill. Like to install solar on your house but don't know where to start? We'll answer all your questions. This is a lively, informal and free event. Grab a drink,...

This is a story you’ll read about here again and again. People in our community are concerned about climate change, they want to do something positive, and they recognise installing solar will save them money, too. So, when they can afford it, they ask for our help...

  What’s it all about? Inner West Community Energy (IWCE) is now almost two years old and in that time the organisation has helped 43 households install solar, which is an incredible $340,000 (220KW) worth of new solar investment in the Inner West. We’ve held...

With advice from IWCE, Margaret now has a 5.9 kilowatt system comprising 20 REC panels, an SMA inverter and Solar Analytics monitoring tracking consumption and production.

We left the Inner West last Friday (it does happen!) for a visit to Newcastle... and we’re pleased to report that while Newcastle may still be the world’s biggest coal export port, we came upon, by chance, a bunch of people there working towards the transition to...