{"id":20558,"date":"2018-04-04T06:31:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T20:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=20558"},"modified":"2018-04-04T14:50:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T04:20:44","slug":"deakin-university-solar-microgrid-mb0531","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/deakin-university-solar-microgrid-mb0531\/","title":{"rendered":"Deakin University Solar Powered Microgrid Project Moving Along"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20559\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20559\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/deakin-university-microgrid.jpg\" alt=\"Deakin University microgrid project\" width=\"700\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/deakin-university-microgrid.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/deakin-university-microgrid-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Deakin University<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Deakin University has called for contractors and suppliers to register their interest in working on the construction of its microgrid project.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In December last year, Deakin University <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deakin.edu.au\/research\/research-news\/articles\/$30-million-microgrid-research-platform-announced-at-deakin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> it would be establishing a 7.25MW microgrid<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/deakin-university-solar-microgrid-mb0531\/#en-20558-1' id='enref-20558-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(20558)'>1<\/a><\/sup> at its campus at Waurn Ponds, a southern suburb of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/geelong\/\">Geelong<\/a> in Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>The facility will feature more than 23,000 solar panels and over 1MWh of battery storage capacity. The solar panels will primarily be installed at a 14.5 hectare site at the southern end of the campus, with 833 modules also installed on various rooftops of campus buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Expected to slash Deakin&#8217;s carbon emissions by 12,000 tonnes a year and supply half of Waurn Ponds campus&#8217; energy requirements, the microgrid should to begin powering the facility from the middle of next year.<\/p>\n<p>Works associated with the project are being structured into four packages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solar Farm Design and Construct<\/li>\n<li>Display Suite Construction<\/li>\n<li>HV Infrastructure and Communications Construction<\/li>\n<li>Civil and Associated Site Preparation Works<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interested contractors and suppliers can <a href=\"https:\/\/gateway.icn.org.au\/project\/4100\/deakin-university-renewable-energy-microgrid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">find out more here<\/a> &#8211; registrations close on the 19th of May.<\/p>\n<p>The microgrid will give the Waurn Ponds postcode a big lift in terms of solar capacity. According to recent Clean Energy Regulator figures, 3,453 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">solar power systems<\/a> (&lt;100kW capacity each) are installed in Waurn Ponds, representing just over 11MW of capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The Deakin\u00a0 project is being carried out through a partnership with AusNet Services through its independent subsidiary, Mondo Power. AusNet Services is Victoria&#8217;s largest energy delivery service business, with approximately $11 billion of electricity and gas distribution assets owned and operated by the company.<\/p>\n<p>The microgrid is a part of\u00a0 Deakin&#8217;s Carbon Management Strategy and will play a significant role in the University achieving its aspirational goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.\u00a0\u00a0Additionally, as with other universities that are going the solar energy route, Deakin&#8217;s system will provide important educational and research opportunities.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The project will also have real time links with a new research, teaching and visualisation centre which will be instrumental in training the next generation of energy professionals,&#8221; says the university.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Other Australian universities using solar power or that are in the process of doing so include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/une-solar-storage-mb0495\/\">University Of New England<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/university-newcastle-solar-mb0480\/\">University of Newcastle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/unsw-solar-panels-electricity-mb0416\/\">UNSW<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/monash-university-microgrid-mb0420\/\">Monash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/csu-solar-panel-installation-mb0319\/\">Charles Sturt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/usq-solar-power-project-mb0215\/\">University of Southern Queensland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/university-queensland-solar-sustainability-mb0249\/\">University of Queensland<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The pace of solar energy uptake has really picked up in the last couple of years among institutions of higher learning, 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