Victoria is spearheading Australia’s uptake of community-scale batteries.
According to the Climate Council’s latest report: “Battery Boom: Supercharging Australia’s Renewable Rollout”, Victoria is ranked first in the country for the number of operational community-scale batteries, with 140 currently being installed across the state.
Climate councillor and energy expert, Greg Bourne, said the uptake of community-scale batteries combined with renewable energy now accounting for about 40 percent of the nation’s energy grid, showed Australia’s energy transition was gathering pace.
“Batteries are our bridge to a 21st century energy grid; keeping the lights on in our homes, schools, and workplaces as our ageing coal fleet eventually retires by 2040,” said Mr Bourne.
“We already generate an excess of clean, reliable, renewable energy from Australia’s abundant sun and wind. Rather than simply letting it go to waste and missing out on the savings, batteries will help soak it all up and put it to good use during periods of high demand.
“As our transport fleet progressively electrifies, those batteries can also help our grid and provide extra resilience to the system overall.”
For further information, go to: climatecouncil.org.au
