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Image: UNSW<\/p><\/div>\n

The Berejiklian Government has announced recipients sharing in more than $15 million in grants for community energy projects in regional areas across New South Wales.<\/p>\n

Energy Minister Matt Kean<\/a> said seven projects will be supported by the Regional Community Energy Fund<\/a>, which provides grants to community energy projects that create innovative and\/or dispatchable renewable energy and benefit the local community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese grants will help regional communities right across NSW take control of their energy bills and benefit from the economic opportunities presented by changes in our energy system,\u201d stated<\/a> Minister Kean.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The winning projects are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Recipient<\/strong><\/td>\nProject Title<\/strong><\/td>\nPrimary technology and capability<\/strong><\/td>\nClosest town<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Byron Bay Solar Farm Holdings<\/td>\nByron Bay Solar Farm + Battery Storage Facility<\/td>\n5 MW Solar PV
\n5 MW \/ 10MWh battery<\/td>\n		Ewingsdale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Energise Gloucester<\/td>\nGloucester Community Solar Farm<\/td>\n0.5 MW Solar PV<\/td>\nGloucester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Community Energy for Goulburn<\/td>\nGoulburn Community Dispatchable Solar Farm<\/td>\n1.2 MW Solar PV
\n0.4 MW \/ 0.8MWh battery<\/td>\n		Goulburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pingala – Community Renewables for Sydney<\/td>\nHaystack Solar Garden<\/td>\n1 MW Solar PV<\/td>\nGrong Grong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manilla Community Renewable Energy<\/td>\nManilla Community Solar<\/td>\n4.5MW Solar PV
\n4.5 MW \/ 4.5MWh battery
\n2 MW \/17MWh hydrogen energy storage system<\/td>\n		Manilla<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ITP-NHT DevCo<\/td>\nOrange Community Renewable Energy Park<\/td>\n5 MW Solar PV
\nUp to 5 MW \/ 5 MWh battery<\/td>\n		Orange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enova Community Energy Ltd<\/td>\nShared Community Battery Scheme<\/td>\n1 MW \/ 2MWh battery<\/td>\nRegional NSW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

“World- First” Application of UNSW Hydrogen Storage Technology<\/h2>\n

One of the projects that will generate a lot of interest is Manilla Community Solar. We first mentioned this community-owned solar energy venture back in December last year<\/a>. At the time, there was mention of a battery storage system but not the capacity, nor the hydrogen aspect.<\/p>\n

$3.5 million has been awarded to the Manilla Solar Project under RCEF, which will now also incorporate a hydrogen storage system called H2Store<\/a> developed by researchers at UNSW’s School of Chemical Engineering.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe H2Store technology is a compact and transportable hydrogen storage solution,” said<\/a> UNSW’s Professor Aguey-Zinsou. “It\u2019s an effective way to store and generate renewable energy, mitigate the fluctuation of renewable generation and increase confidence in the security of supply.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UNSW states the “solid-state hydrogen technology” will be installed to store hydrogen in 20-foot containers with a collective energy density of 17MWh.<\/p>\n

It’s expected Manilla Solar Project will start construction in the latter half of this year and be operational early 2021, and the storage component will be installed during next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cHydrogen has the potential to transform our economy and energy mix,” said Minister Kean. ” World leading green hydrogen initiatives like the Manilla Community Solar project will play a critical role in developing this technology.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As for hydrogen achieving what Minister Kean believes it could for Australia, SQ’s Ronald has had a bit to say about that<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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