{"id":34903,"date":"2019-11-13T05:36:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T19:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=34903"},"modified":"2024-05-15T14:30:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T05:00:06","slug":"racv-renewable-energy-mb1289","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/racv-renewable-energy-mb1289\/","title":{"rendered":"RACV On The Road To More Renewables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34904\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/racv-solar-renewables.jpg\" alt=\"RACV - solar power and other renewables\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/racv-solar-renewables.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/racv-solar-renewables-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/racv-solar-renewables-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/racv-solar-renewables-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria has committed to powering all its Victorian clubs, resorts and office buildings with 100% renewables from the beginning of next year.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is being achieved through the installation of solar panels at RACV sites and sourcing 21 gigawatt-hours of renewables-based electricity a year from Snowy Hydro owned Red Energy under a power purchase agreement (PPA).<\/p>\n<p>RACV has already made a start on solar installations, with more than 1,640 solar panels at its Torquay resort and close to 2,000 modules on the roof of\u00a0 its Noble Park office.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t find any more information on the Noble Park installation, but the Torquay project is a 510kW system installed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installer-review\/gippsland-solar\/\">Gippsland Solar<\/a> that was completed and commissioned last month. Given the coastal location, Gippsland Solar chose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/winaico-review.html\">Winaico solar panels<\/a> for their tolerance to high winds and salt-mist.<\/p>\n<h2>More Solar Energy Planned<\/h2>\n<p>Other sites that will have power systems in Victoria include RACV resorts in Cobram, Healesville and Cape Schanck. Beyond the border, its Hobart, Royal Pines (QLD) and Noosa (QLD) resorts will also have PV installed over the next two years. Capacities of those systems wasn&#8217;t mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>The solar systems plus other energy efficiency initiatives including switching to LED lighting and upgrading inefficient air-conditioning systems at resorts across Australia and corporate sites in Victoria are expected to slash RACV\u2019s annual mains grid energy usage by 8,000 megawatt hours and carbon emissions by 9,000 tonnes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We\u2019re delighted that the remainder of the electricity we use in Victoria will come from hydro, solar and wind power supplied by Red Energy,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racv.com.au\/about-racv\/our-business\/media-releases\/racv-goes-green-with-red-energy.html\">said<\/a> RACV Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Neil Taylor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What wasn&#8217;t mentioned is whether the cost of that green electricity will be cheaper under the five-year contract &#8211; but we&#8217;re increasingly seeing these arrangements providing a better deal on energy for various organisations. An example is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sydney-city-renewables-mb1262\/\">City of Sydney&#8217;s recent agreement<\/a> with Flow Power that will save the City an estimated half a million dollars a year through electricity sourced from wind and solar energy facilities in New South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The RACV isn&#8217;t the only automobile club to install solar to help power its operations, but it may well lead the pack &#8211; putting a bit of pressure on the others to follow suit.<\/p>\n<h2>RACV Supporting Electric Vehicle Uptake<\/h2>\n<p>In other somewhat related recent news, RACV, NRMA, RACQ, RAC, RAA and RACT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racv.com.au\/about-racv\/our-business\/media-releases\/racv-investment-electric-vehicle-charging.html\">announced last month<\/a> an investment in Chargefox for the construction of ultra-rapid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/public\/\">electric vehicle charging stations<\/a> at 21 locations around Australia, all of which will be entirely powered by renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>The investment is being made through Australian Motoring Services Pty Ltd (AMS), which is wholly owned by the Mobility Clubs of Australia and consists of the parties mentioned above. 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