Northern Beaches Council

Sustainability Advantage Bronze Partner, Northern Beaches Council is continuing to work to their goal of powering all suitable sites with renewable electricity by 2030.

Solar panels on the roof of Andrew 'Boy' Charlton Aquatic Centre, ManlyThis year they have already added over 400kW of solar panels to council sites across 7 locations. This equates to a reduction of around 460 tonnes of carbon emission, equivalent of taking 150 cars off the road. The largest system, a 265kW solar array on the Manly Andrew ‘Boy’ Charlton Aquatic Centre, is expected to offset nearly a quarter of the centre’s electricity demand from the grid. Northern Beaches Council achieved Bronze Partner status in 2019.

Find out more: Council charges ahead with solar.