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"Barwon Water, Victoria’s largest regional urban water corporation serving
residents in and around Geelong and Colac, announced on Tuesday that it has
completed the switch to 100 per cent renewables.
Serving more than 320,000 permanent residents – and up to 545,000 people during
peak holiday periods – Barwon Water’s service area includes the City of Greater
Geelong, Borough of Queenscliffe, Surf Coast Shire, Colac-Otway Shire, and part
of the Golden Plains Shire.
This encompasses the Bellarine Peninsula, north to Ballan and west to Colac,
Lorne, and Apollo Bay.
Energy usage across all of Barwon Water’s various water and sewerage facilities
adds up to more than 30GWh of electricity each year – equivalent to the
electricity usage of 6,000 households.
Since adopting its own 100 per cent renewables target in 2016 – and as part of
the Victorian water sector’s aim to source all electricity from renewable
sources by 2025 – Barwon Water has built up a diverse portfolio of renewable
energy projects across the region.
It says it is now generating around 65GWh of electricity each year from
approximately 25MW of renewable energy capacity.
Key projects include the 3MW Black Rock solar farm, the first megawatt-scale
solar installation in the Australian water industry.
Smaller projects include the 300kW Wurdee Boluc solar and battery array which
supplies around 40 per cent of the water treatment plant’s annual electricity
needs; the 240kW Torquay solar array located next to the Torquay water storage
facility; and the 80kW Kadak depot solar array in Breakwater.
Another key project is the Colac Renewable Organics Network (RON) which
converts organic waste from the Australian Lamb Company and Bulla Dairy Foods
into renewable electricity and heat. The Colac RON ensures that the local water
reclamation plant runs on 100 per cent renewable energy."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
