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Canberra a step closer to neighbourhood-scale batteries
The batteries will be installed at sites across the Australian Capital Territory as part of a trial by ACT Government and electricity distributor Evoenergy.
Three neighbourhood-scale batteries are a step closer to being built in the Australian capital of Canberra following community consultation.
The batteries will be installed at sites across the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) as part of a trial. The ACT Government and ACT electricity distributor Evoenergy will work together on delivery of the projects.
Neighbourhood-scale batteries
A neighbourhood-scale battery is designed to store electricity for a community or area. They are larger than a household battery but smaller than a grid-scale battery and are able to store energy from the grid. The energy will be stored and used later when it’s needed. This could be when many people are using electricity at the same time, or when there is reduced solar power being made.
The trial will help to understand how batteries medium in size work in different environments and how they will help power the ACT in the future.
The aim is to use the batteries make the grid more reliable and efficient and to make it easier for more households to connect solar panels. Batteries used in neighbourhoods can help lower electricity bills and reduce pollution.
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Each site is in a different type of area, which is ideal for trialling the battery technology:
- Dickson: a densely populated suburb, with a mix of houses, apartments and businesses
- Casey: a newer suburb, where many homes already have solar panels
- Fadden: an older suburb with freestanding houses and large electricity users like schools and a childcare centre.
Sites will include a unit comprising of three batteries about the size of a fridge. They will be set up next to an existing electrical substation. The batteries are expected to be ready by the end of 2025.
The ACT Government claims that people living or working nearby won’t notice any changes in their electricity usage or supply and the batteries will help make the electricity system more reliable. The trial will help to understand how medium-sized batteries work in different environments and how they will help power the ACT in the future.
Evoenergy will build and maintain the batteries, which should be ready by the end of 2025. The batteries are likely to produce 160 kilowatts of power and store 400 kilowatt hours of energy.
The Australian Government’s Community Batteries for Household Solar programme is helping to pay for the project.
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