A city in southern California has become the first city in the world to be zero net energy with solar farms powering the entire city, and now it is inspiring Australian cities to follow its lead.
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| Rex Parris is the Mayor of Lancaster in southern California, the first zero net energy city. |
Being zero net energy means the city produces more solar electricity through solar farms than it can use.
Lancaster Mayor Rex Parris has attributed an increase in employment, new manufacturers moving to the city, and a reduction in crime to the approach to alternative energy.
This week, Mr Parris has been in Kiama on the NSW south coast at the Cities Power Partnership summit, speaking to local council representatives from around Australia about how they might be able to do something similar.
Read the story by Jessica Clifford from ABC News - “US city empowers Australian councils to develop solar as lack of federal climate policy causes concern.”
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