❓ Mr. Miles asks about Synergy's renewable energy initiative at Alkimos Beach. The Minister details the project's features, including energy efficiency standards, solar cells, smart meters, and a battery system, highlighting its innovative approach and contribution to WA's renewable energy growth.
AnsweredQoN 1006Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
SYNERGY — RENEWABLE ENERGY —
ALKIMOS
1006. Mr P.T. MILES to the Minister for
Energy:
I read with interest that under the
Liberal–National government Synergy is making history in the renewable
energy space at Alkimos Beach. Could the minister please update the house on
this impressive initiative?
ALKIMOS
1006. Mr P.T. MILES to the Minister for
Energy:
I read with interest that under the
Liberal–National government Synergy is making history in the renewable
energy space at Alkimos Beach. Could the minister please update the house on
this impressive initiative?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question;
it is a very good one. Synergy is making history with its joint venture
partners. As everyone here knows, the energy sector is going through a
significant revolution on a whole range of fronts. Synergy and its joint
venture partners are trying to integrate those and test them out on a suburb
basis. Its joint venture partners are LandCorp, Lend Lease, Western Power and
the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. They have done a raft of changes in
Alkimos. The houses in the suburb have to be of the highest energy safety and
efficiency standards; it is a mandate, so they have to. The houses have to have
solar cells on the rooftop, smart meters and in-house monitoring of electricity.
People are also encouraged to do a
range of energy efficiency things such as install solar hot water systems and
LED lights, upgrade insulation and a raft of other things. Synergy's
activity in that space is to have innovative tariffs to encourage people to use
less energy by time-of-use tariffs and others. Importantly, it has also
invested over $2.4 million in a 1.1-megawatt battery system that takes the
excess electricity from the solar cells on the houses during the day, stores it
in this battery, and delivers it to the households in the evening when the sun
goes down. It allows the households to get a recoup—a lower rate for
the repayment of the battery. It also stabilises the system significantly. It
is integrating those all into one system. It is a very important four-year test
because there is a lot of debate about batteries and whether they will be in
households or the grid system. This is experimenting with how the battery
works, how it integrates, how to share the costing and how it stabilises the
system.
It is a very innovative approach and
one of many legs that Synergy and the government is using to assist renewable
energy. As I have said before, we have had a rapid growth in renewable energy.
We now have over 950 megawatts of installed capacity, large and small-scale
renewable in Western Australia, which on a good day represents just a bit less
than one-third of our total installed utilised capacity for various schemes.
Western Australia through Synergy and other programs is leading the way on
renewable energy.
it is a very good one. Synergy is making history with its joint venture
partners. As everyone here knows, the energy sector is going through a
significant revolution on a whole range of fronts. Synergy and its joint
venture partners are trying to integrate those and test them out on a suburb
basis. Its joint venture partners are LandCorp, Lend Lease, Western Power and
the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. They have done a raft of changes in
Alkimos. The houses in the suburb have to be of the highest energy safety and
efficiency standards; it is a mandate, so they have to. The houses have to have
solar cells on the rooftop, smart meters and in-house monitoring of electricity.
People are also encouraged to do a
range of energy efficiency things such as install solar hot water systems and
LED lights, upgrade insulation and a raft of other things. Synergy's
activity in that space is to have innovative tariffs to encourage people to use
less energy by time-of-use tariffs and others. Importantly, it has also
invested over $2.4 million in a 1.1-megawatt battery system that takes the
excess electricity from the solar cells on the houses during the day, stores it
in this battery, and delivers it to the households in the evening when the sun
goes down. It allows the households to get a recoup—a lower rate for
the repayment of the battery. It also stabilises the system significantly. It
is integrating those all into one system. It is a very important four-year test
because there is a lot of debate about batteries and whether they will be in
households or the grid system. This is experimenting with how the battery
works, how it integrates, how to share the costing and how it stabilises the
system.
It is a very innovative approach and
one of many legs that Synergy and the government is using to assist renewable
energy. As I have said before, we have had a rapid growth in renewable energy.
We now have over 950 megawatts of installed capacity, large and small-scale
renewable in Western Australia, which on a good day represents just a bit less
than one-third of our total installed utilised capacity for various schemes.
Western Australia through Synergy and other programs is leading the way on
renewable energy.
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