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"The NSW Labor government has flagged the creation of the state’s first “urban”
renewable energy zone in the Illawarra, pitching the use of rooftop solar PV,
home batteries and EVs in a major switch from the usual pitch of large scale
wind, solar and transmission lines.
State energy minister Penny Sharpe and planning minister Paul Scully made the
announcement on Friday, highlighting the renewed focus on consumer energy
resources, such as rooftop PV on homes an businesses, and household and
community scale batteries.
Sharpe says the Illawarra plan could be world-leading, because of the unique
nature of the region, and its ability to boast port and transmission
infrastructure, a leading university, innovative industries and a skilled
workforce.
“We’re trying to move our energy system from five large coal fired power plants
to literally thousands of little power plants that need to work together,”
Sharpe said at a media event on Friday.
“We want the Illawarra renewable energy zone to be leading in Australia.
“About how do we, how do we make all of these elements work together, rooftop
solar, batteries, EVs, community batteries, how do we work with higher emitting
industries so that they can actually be at the forefront of green industry for
the future that all relies on getting renewables right.”
The focus on consumer energy resources is significant, because there is now a
growing recognition that more has to be done to integrate these resources into
the grid, because they will be a key part of the transition from fossil to
green energy and it is possible they will be a bigger contributor than large
scale resources."
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
