Works begin on 12MW ground-mounted solar array for SA Water reservoir that supplies the drinking water for nearly half of metropolitan Adelaide.
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Virtual ‘big battery’ proposes to get South Australia’s grid out of hot water
Metering company Intellihub proposes to transform South Australia’s 200,0000-odd residential electric hot water systems into a massive solar battery, to help solve grid stability problems.
“Australian first” network to deliver renewable electricity and hot water from organic waste
Barwon Water led Renewable Organics Network project will use reclaimed organic waste to produce electricity, hot water and soil improver in Victoria’s south-west.
Cairns council installs another 1.7MW of solar across wastewater plants
Solgen Energy says 1.7MW of solar – including four “mini solar farms” – installed across five Cairns wastewater treatment plants will cut grid electricity consumption by 25%.
Wodonga wastewater plant goes solar as Photon Energy tapped for $7 million contract
Wastewater treatment plant in north-eastern Victoria to be powered by 3MW ground-mounted solar system after Photon Energy awarded the $A7.2m contract for the project.
SA Water readies to install another 8MW solar, 880kWh battery storage
SA water utility applies for generation licence for 8MW of solar and 750kW/880kWh of battery storage at its Swan Reach Water Treatment Plant, north-east of Adelaide.
W.A. Water Corporation installs another 15MW of solar as drought pinches
Western Australia’s Water Corporation to install $30m of new solar, adding to 30 renewable energy projects already installed at its sites throughout the state.
Solar and giant “water battery” to slash university’s grid consumption by 40%
University of the Sunshine Coast combines 2.1MW of rooftop solar with massive water tank “battery,” to power campus air-conditioning using complex thermal energy system.
Victorian water utilities ink major off-take deal with state’s biggest solar farm
Thirteen Victorian water utilities have banded together to forge a major renewable energy off-take deal that will supply between 20 and 50 per cent of each corporation’s total electricity needs, and lower water bills for consumers. The utilities, under an umbrella organisation called Zero Emissions Water Ltd (ZEW), have signed a deal with the 200MW […]
Barwon Water taps battery storage, boosts solar farm capacity to 3MW
Victorian utility is tripling the size of its flagship solar farm, and building a new solar and battery storage plant, in bid to source 100% of its electricity from renewables by 2025.