Council & Business
14 September, 2023
Council to help develop battery case
The Central Goldfields Shire Council is set to help develop a business case for a community battery site which would help reduce emissions and improve energy security in emergency situations locally. The Regional Greenhouse Alliance Neighbourhood...
The Central Goldfields Shire Council is set to help develop a business case for a community battery site which would help reduce emissions and improve energy security in emergency situations locally.
The Regional Greenhouse Alliance Neighbourhood Battery Investigation Project was one of nine projects to be awarded funding through the State Government’s Neighbourhood Battery Initiative.
The project, led by the Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance, Goulburn Murray Climate Alliance, and Gippsland Alliance for Climate Action in partnership with Indigo Power, will develop the business case for a single community battery site in the Central Goldfields and 17 other regional local government areas.
“The project will plan community batteries at sites servicing a high value community need, such as emergency shelters, places of last resort, and other critical community facilities, with a focus on exploring how to maximise benefits at different community sites,” Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance chief executive officer Annika Kearton said.
The Central Goldfields Shire Council is a member of the Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance and will be a key partner in the project, and councillor and Alliance board member Wayne Sproull said the project will allow council to investigate the potential benefits of a community battery in the shire.
“A community battery will help work towards both mitigation and adaptation goals in the Central Goldfields Climate Action Plan,” he said.
“The potential to reduce emissions, improve energy security in emergency situations and other benefits will be explored.”
The project will run from now until August 2024.