Solar My School
Solar my School was a free Council initiative helping primary and secondary schools to go solar between 2019 and 2024.
There are still solar educational opportunities for students in Term 4 ,2024. Find out more at Term 4 2024 solar incursion offer - Inner West Council
Council has run the Solar my School program through its newly established Office of Renewable Energy Innovation as another initiative to help the Inner West reach its target of being a zero emissions community.
Inner West Solar my School participants
Council has supported the following schools:
Solar installed
- Annandale North Public School
- Ashfield Public School
- Balmain Public School
- Christian Brothers Lewisham
- Casimir Secondary College
- Dobroyd Pt Public School
- Dulwich Hill Public School
- Dulwich High School of Visual Arts & Design
- Ferncourt Public School
- Kegworth Public School
- Marrickville High School
- Nicholson St Public School
- Stanmore Public School
- Summer Hill Public School
- Wilkins Public School
- St Brigid's Catholic Primary, Marrickville
- St Pius Catholic Primary, Enmore
- St Joan of Arc Catholic Primary, Haberfield
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary, Ashfield
- Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus
- Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus (solar and batteries under NSW Schools Infrastructure Smart Energy Schools Pilot)
The following schools have completed solar feasibility reports and are awaiting other school capital works announcements.
- Leichhardt Public School
- Marrickville Public School
- Orange Grove Public School
- Rozelle Public School
Program wrap-up
In mid 2024 Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra Councils announced that the Solar my School program had achieved its objective of supercharging over 100 schools 16 local government areas across Greater Sydney to go solar. The Solar my School website will continue to host free program resources for schools such as curriculum linked teacher e-guides to learn about solar and energy.
How it worked
Solar my School made it easy to install solar at your school.
Schools are great sites for solar, with large roof spaces and high daytime energy consumption. By going solar our schools saved money and the environment and supported students to learn about clean, locally produced renewable energy.
The program offered independent and expert advice and support from start to finish including:
- Free solar feasibility report
- Assistance getting funding
- Support and guidance with the installation process
- Curriculum-linked teachers' guides on solar
- Promotional and communications resources
How it came about
In 2018, students from the Sydney Student Leaders Coalition approached Council to ask for help in delivering solar power to local schools. At a similar time Council was investigating ways we could implement the Council's vision of becoming a zero emissions community. As a result, through the Solar my School program, Council is now providing support to local primary and secondary schools to install solar on their buildings.
Solar my School was jointly founded by Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra Councils in 2016, and licensed to other Councils including Inner West to support schools in their area.