Zero Emissions Noosa Inc has welcomed last Thursday’s announcement by Climate Change and Energy Shadow Minister Chris Bowen that Noosaville would be the site of a community battery under a Labor government.
According to Mr Bowen: “In Noosaville 40 per cent of people have solar panels on the roof. That’s higher than the national average because of beautiful temperature, beautiful and sunny. People are harnessing that solar energy for their own needs. But of all those 1700 people or so who have solar panels on the roof, only 30 have a battery, and that means they’re missing out on savings and missing out on emissions reduction.
“Under an Albanese Labor Government, we will install a community battery here in Noosaville. This will reduce emissions, reduce power bills. It’ll give people the option of signing up for a battery without the expense of installing one in their own home. It’s a win, win, win. It’s good for household bills, good for emissions reduction, good for energy grid stabilisation”.
Zero Emissions Noosa Inc chair Anne Kennedy said, “Zero Emissions Noosa Inc is delighted with this announcement. ZEN Inc has been working for some time on having a community battery or batteries in the Noosa Shire to help business and households to get full advantage of their solar power by having a community battery or batteries to store the solar power for use when the sun doesn’t shine.
“A community battery will reduce their power bills, reduce emissions and enable the solar power generated in the local area to be used in the local area.”
Mr Bowen said the batteries being announced would, in the future, be joined by other community batteries that were community-led.
