Two New South Wales community solar farms with approvals for batteries are seeking to enter a variety of power purchase agreements.
Two community solar and battery projects put out call for PPAs
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Dairies powered by the sun and batteries: Trans-Tasman agrisolar start up gathers pace
NZ-based start up offering dairy farmers cheap and reliable solar and battery-backed power purchase deals has raised $4m from an Australian-led investment round.
All-electric, net-zero emissions aquatic centre blazes a trail in Melbourne’s west
Brimbank City Council, backed by ARENA, wants its $8.1 integrated energy solution to help deliver Australia’s first all-electric aquatic centre – and set a new standard.
Dairy giant targets 50% renewables, signs wind contract with Engie in Australia
The Australian arm of one of the world’s top 10 dairy processors will shift to just under 50% renewable electricity for its Australian operations via a PPA with Engie.
Solar and battery storage to help power W.A. silver mine
Sliver and lead mine in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region signs PPA to source its electricity from a combination of solar, battery storage and gas.
Tweed Shire taps wind and solar PPA for more than half its power needs
Tweed Shire Council inks 10-year Power Purchase Agreement with Flow Power to source renewable energy from Sapphire Wind Farm and Bomen Solar Farm.
Aldi Australia says it will be 100 per cent renewable by end of 2021
Aldi pledges to source 100% renewable electricity for its Australian operations by as early as 2021, after rolling out almost 32MW of solar and signing two wind energy offtake deals.
NZ biggest corporate PPA seeks up to 2,000GWh a year of new renewables
Group of New Zealand’s largest commercial and industrial energy users join forces to procure what could be thousands of gigawatt-hours a year of renewable electricity.
McCain Foods goes big on solar in Victoria, in bid to quit coal by 2025
Frozen food giant to install massive solar and biogas generation system in Ballarat, slash its reliance on natural gas by 16%, and grid power by 39%.
Renewable energy PPAs: How to minimise social risks and maximise community benefits
When you sign a PPA with a new solar or wind farm, you’re not just buying electrons. Projects that deliver social, environmental and community benefits are in everyone’s interest.
