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"Australia’s first First Nations-owned retail energy provider began operating
in Victoria last week, having secured the contract to power the state’s largest
road project with 100 per cent renewable power during construction.
Yurringa Energy is the country’s first Indigenous-owned retail energy company,
with a commitment to provide sustainable energy retail solutions across
Australia while honouring Indigenous values, culture, and traditions.
Yurringa Energy celebrated an official launch in August and has now started
operations.
“Yurringa will transform the energy market while staying true to the Indigenous
environmental principals of country,” said Daniel Briggs, Yurringa Group
managing director.
“As Australia’s first Indigenous energy retailer we are ready to partner with
the top end of town. We are not taking on the big guys, we want to walk
together to create economic benefits to the Indigenous community while
delivering cost effective and sustainable energy solutions.”
Backed by support from Victoria’s Labor government, Yurringa Energy will
operate as an energy retail business offering supply of energy to commercial
and industrial markets.
Yurringa Energy also secured in August the contract through a competitive
tendering process to provide renewable energy for the construction of the North
East Link tunnels.
As part of the contract, Yurringa Energy partnered with Alinta Energy to ensure
a reliable source of renewable electricity.
It is expected that Yurringa Energy will deliver 137.5 GWh of renewable
electricity – the equivalent of more than 91,000 solar panels producing power
over a year – to power site compounds and the massive tunnel boring machines
which will dig 6.5-kilometre-long road tunnels."
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
