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Installing a large solar system has resulted in a Gladstone business becoming carbon neutral and returning excess electricity generated, back to the grid.
Gladstone Business Centre has fulfilled a long-held dream now its 16kw solar system was connected to the electricity grid by a local electrician.
Managing director Phil Douglass said the 50-panel system was installed in January, and connected to the electricity grid last week.
“I thought about solar power and being carbon neutral some time ago and it has come to fruition,” he said.
“We installed the system as we wanted to promote a carbon neutral enterprise.