{"id":32684,"date":"2019-08-13T07:52:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T21:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=32684"},"modified":"2019-09-20T17:36:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T07:06:34","slug":"frankston-bayside-solar-mb1171","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/frankston-bayside-solar-mb1171\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankston&#8217;s Biggest Solar Power Project Complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bayside-solar-energy-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Bayside shopping centre solar energy installation\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bayside-solar-energy-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bayside-solar-energy-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bayside-solar-energy-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bayside-solar-energy.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The final stage of work on a huge solar power system on the rooftop Vicinity Centres&#8217; Bayside shopping centre in Frankston, Victoria is now complete.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bayside is a three- level shopping centre located in the heart of Frankston, which is approximately 50 kilometres south of Melbourne&#8217;s central business district. In addition to featuring Myer, Kmart, Target, Aldi, Coles, Woolworths and HOYTS Cinema, the centre includes more than 185 specialty stores and a food and entertainment precinct.<\/p>\n<p>More than 4,000 solar panels have been installed for Bayside&#8217;s 1.5MW PV project. While output wasn&#8217;t specified, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/commercial-solar-guide.html\">commercial solar power<\/a> system of that capacity in the Frankston area could generate around 5,500 kilowatt-hours a day and more than 2 million kilowatt-hours annually.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8221; The new solar installation at Bayside is another demonstration of Vicinity\u2019s ongoing commitment to, and investment in, renewable energy,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baysidesc.com.au\/centre-info\/learn-about-our-solar-program\/\">said<\/a> Vicinity\u2019s Head of Integrated Energy, Renae Sambrooks. &#8221; By embedding innovation, such as solar, in our portfolio we are striving to place renewable energy at the very heart of our communities.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Frankston&#8217;s Biggest Solar Installation<\/h2>\n<p>The Bayside installation provides a big boost to total solar capacity in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/frankston-3199-vic\/\">Frankston<\/a> local government area. According to statistics from the Australian PV Institute (<a href=\"https:\/\/pv-map.apvi.org.au\/historical#10\/-38.1983\/145.0882\">APVI<\/a>) around 11.6MW of PV &#8211; predominantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">home solar power<\/a> &#8211; was installed in the area as at June and this system appears to be the largest to date.<\/p>\n<p>The Bayside PV project is part of Vicinity Centre&#8217;s $73 million solar energy investment program, which is approaching completion. The program is comprised of solar installations at 22 of Vicinity&#8217;s shopping centres across six states with a collective capacity of 31.8MW, which is expected to generate 48,500 megawatt-hours of clean electricity annually.<\/p>\n<p>Vicinity says laid end-to-end, the panels used in the rollout would stretch 191 kilometres &#8211; significantly further than the distance by road from Melbourne to Bendigo (~150 kilometres).<\/p>\n<h2>Vicinity&#8217;s Net Zero Carbon Goal And 4 Star Green Star Rating<\/h2>\n<p>Last month, Vicinity Centres <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/vicinity-centres-zero-carbon-mb1130\/\">announced a net zero carbon target<\/a> for its 34 shopping centres across Australia, which it will achieve by 2030 primarily through solar power and energy efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday the company announced it had received a 4 Star Green Star Performance rating, stating the current average for Australian buildings was two stars.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur strategy to reach Net Zero carbon by 2030, along with our industry-leading solar investment, has helped us reach 4 Star Green Star Performance rating, but we know there is more work to do to ensure we maintain our position as sustainability leaders,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vicinity.com.au\/media-centre\/media-and-news\/190812_green-star-rating\">stated<\/a> General Manager, Sustainability at Vicinity, Melissa Schulz.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Vicinity&#8217;s current solar energy rollout is expected to generate an internal rate of return (IRR) of approximately 12%, while reducing mains electricity grid electricity consumption by up to 40%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final stage of work on a huge solar power system on the rooftop Vicinity Centres&#8217; 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