Power to the pupils at Patterson River school PATTERSON River Secondary College’s solar energy system has recently been enhanced with the installation of batteries on campus. Adding the batteries creates additional opportunities for the integrated solar system (solar panels, inverters and batteries) to help reduce the College’s energy costs. Data from the system is also al-
lowing students to learn about real world renewable energy generation and storage through applied science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) studies. The Patterson River Secondary College solar system project was supported with state government funding, provided through the Centre for New Energy Technologies, or
In a statement, the mayor Nathan Conroy said that the weekly bin collections remain unchanged “at this stage”. “Any changes to the household kerbside collection services will involve engagement with the community as part of the development of our waste circularity master plan,” he said.
C4NET. The centre was established in 2018. Model students: Specialist Maths students (Jack Yong and Clayton Zsigmond) demonstrate 3D modelling for solar output at different times of the year to Sonya Kilkenny MP, Member for Carrum, Daniel Dew (Principal) and junior mathematics students. Picture: Supplied
Council spaces sold for road upgrade
WEEKLY bin collections will continue in Frankston for now. Picture: Supplied
Bin collections to continue Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au FRANKSTON Council is not stopping its weekly rubbish bin collection yet. Knox Council caused a stir last week when it announced that it would only pick up rubbish bins fortnightly from mid-next year. It will pick up a food and garden waste bin weekly instead. The Times asked Frankston Council if it planned to change its bin collection strategy too.
FRANKSTON Council has agreed to sell land it owns in Carrum Downs to help the state government complete the duplication of Lathams Road. Council has agreed to sell 135 square metres of land to the Department of Transport for $35,500. Council estimates that the narrow pieces of land have not been used since at least 1999. The report on the sale prepared by council officers read that the land is zoned industrial. “In this case the land proposed for sale was initially set aside for narrowly designed purposes as either a tree or a plantation reserve. Both types of reserve were historically designed for the mass planting of trees, providing a vegetation buffer between Latham’s Road and the adjacent lots,” the report read. The sale took place without a public consultation period. The land was sold to the state government in order to avoid the likelihood of it being compulsorily acquired. The money raised through the sale will be used on upgrades at Wingham Park Senior Activity Place in Karingal.
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