Cooroy is a ZEN hinterland hero

By Zero Emissions Noosa

Zero Emissions Noosa (ZEN) has been tracking progress towards the goal of zero community emissions for Noosa by 2026. In this series we’ll be focussing on electricity and looking in detail, postcode by postcode, so you can see how your locality is shaping up to the challenge. We start with 4563 which encompasses Cooroy, Lake MacDonald, Tinbeerwah, Cooroy Mountain, Ridgewood, Carter’s Ridge and Black Mountain.

Around one in six people in the Noosa Council area live in postcode 4563, and residents are leading the way with 66 percent of dwellings having installed solar PV, whilst 37 percent of businesses have invested in solar.

Total solar installed is around 12.2MW, which is about 2/3 of the…