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"The largest urban solar farm in Victoria has officially been powered on at La
Trobe University’s Bundoora campus in Melbourne’s north-east, consisting of a
2.9 MW solar system paired with a 4.5 MWh battery energy storage system.
La Trobe University made the announcement late last week, crowing about its $10
million, 3.5-hectare solar farm and its role as part of the University’s larger
efforts towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2029.
Consisting of 4,300 solar panels spread out over 11,250 square metres of
solar-generating area, the 2.9MW solar farm and 2.5 MW/4.5 MWh battery system
is expected to cut the University’s total energy emissions by a further 15 per
cent, taking overall emissions reduction at the Bundoora campus to over 65 per
cent, or around 35,000 tonnes, since the launch of La Trobe’s Net Zero program
in 2019.
To put that into perspective, La Trobe University says that its new solar farm
will generate in one year the equivalent power that would be needed to power
the MCG’s light towers for 11 consecutive years.
It also brings installed solar capacity at La Trobe University’s Bundoora
campus to 5.8 MW."
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
