MORE NEIGHBOURHOOD BATTERIES FOR ALPHINGTON & FAIRFIELD
More Victorian suburbs and towns will be plugged in to neighbourhood batteries, helping lower power bills, get more solar on to Victorian rooftops and provide backup power for communities during extreme weather events.
The Northcote Electorate will be home to three of 65 new battery locations being announced as part of round two of the $42 million Neighbourhood Battery Program.
Maxwell Sutherland Pavilion, Fairfield Park
Fairlea Reserve Netball Complex, Yarra Bend Park
Alphington Park Pavilion, Alphington
Neighbourhood batteries can soak up cheap, renewable energy from rooftop solar during the day and feed it back into the homes or organisations they are connected to at night, when power usage is high.
Other neighbourhood batteries include Housing Choices Australia sites across Melbourne, Koo Wee Rup Community Centre, Venus Bay Community Centre and Trafalgar Recreation Reserve in Gippsland, Reefton Fire Station in the Yarra Ranges, Pyalong Recreation Reserve Hall in Central Victoria and more.
These neighbourhood batteries can be paired with solar to provide back-up power to these buildings to act as community hubs for people to access power during prolonged outages.
These batteries will help Victoria reach its target of a at least 2.6 GW of energy storage by 2030 and 6.3 GW by 2035 – enough energy to power around half of Victoria’s homes.
We’re also helping First Peoples corporations and organisations access the benefits of neighbourhood batteries with the First Peoples’ Solar and Storage Initiative – jointly funded with the Albanese Labor Government the initiative will deliver more solar and battery storage to soak up renewable energy and keep power prices down.
There are now 90 neighbourhood battery projects across metropolitan and regional Victoria. For a full list of neighbourhood battery locations visit, energy.vic.gov.au/grants/neighbourhood-batteries.
Quotes attributable to Minister for Energy and Resources Lily D’Ambrosio
“Victoria is the home of batteries – which soak-up cheap renewable energy during the day to drive down bills for Victorian families.”
Quote attributable to the Member for Northcote Kat Theophanous
“The inner north is at the forefront of a renewables future - and these three neighbourhood batteries will give more households the opportunity to be part of the change we need to leave a sustainable future to our kids.”
