{"id":44423,"date":"2020-11-02T05:18:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T18:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=44423"},"modified":"2020-11-02T05:18:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T18:48:27","slug":"power-partnership-awards-mb1743","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/power-partnership-awards-mb1743\/","title":{"rendered":"Cities Power Partnership Awards Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cpp-climate-awards.jpg\" alt=\"Cities Power Partnership National Climate Awards\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cpp-climate-awards.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cpp-climate-awards-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cpp-climate-awards-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cpp-climate-awards-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cities Power Partnership announced winners of the 2020 National Climate Awards last Thursday, an event recognising the achievements of councils across Australia for their climate change efforts.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There was a lot of competition this year, with more than double the number of Councils entering the awards compared to last year; an amazing turnout given the challenges that 2020 has thrown at local governments.<\/p>\n<p>The winners included:<\/p>\n<h2>Renewable Energy Achievement Award<\/h2>\n<p>City of Melbourne (VIC) took out this award for Melbourne Renewable Energy Project 2. This involved the creation of a buying group of seven large energy users\u00a0 &#8211; RMIT University, Deakin University, Cbus Property, ISPT, Fulton Hogan, Citywide Asphalt and Mondelez International &#8211; to purchase wind energy; 110 GWh of renewable electricity per year over 10 years.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s a significant step towards our goal for all of Melbourne to be powered by 100 per cent renewable energy,&#8221; said City of Melbourne CEO Justin Hanney.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Energy Efficiency Achievement Award<\/h2>\n<p>Shoalhaven City Council (NSW) scored this award for an initiative including installation of more than 400 kW of solar panels across 10 sites, trialing fully electric vehicles, kicking off a revolving energy fund, replacing thousands of street lights with LEDs and supporting Repower Shoalhaven\u2019s community solar farm. Shoalhaven City Council also recently grabbed a gong in Local Government NSW\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-councils-awards-mb1725\/\">Excellence in the Environment Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Metropolitan Innovation Award<\/h2>\n<p>There were joint winners for this award. One was Nillumbik Shire (VIC), for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-storage-diamond-creek-mb1252\/\">hybrid solar and battery<\/a> system at Diamond Creek Stadium, which also acts as an emergency relief centre in times of disaster. The project involved installation of 99.96kW of solar power capacity, a 100kWh battery system and a public electric car charging station. The system provides enough capacity to enable the stadium to continue operating independently off the grid for up to eight hours.<\/p>\n<p>The other winner was Brisbane City Council (QLD) for its Brisbane Metro Charging Strategy, which will see 60 electric buses connecting the city to the suburbs.<\/p>\n<h2>Community Engagement Award<\/h2>\n<p>Inner West Council (NSW) was recognised for its efforts in boosting solar in the community by 11% in the year from 2018-19 to 2019-20. 40% of residents in the Inner West local government area live in rental properties and 44% of homes are apartments, so going solar can be challenging. One of Council&#8217;s initiatives we recently covered is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-garden-inner-west-mb1669\/\">&#8220;Solar Gardens&#8221; project<\/a> whereby households will be able to financially benefit from a proposed solar energy project 500 kilometres away.<\/p>\n<p>Early this year, Inner West Council set its sights on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/inner-west-solar-mb1407\/\">boosting solar energy generation<\/a> from residential, commercial, industrial and community buildings by 1,000% over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>A full list of finalists and winners <a href=\"https:\/\/citiespowerpartnership.org.au\/2020\/10\/29\/media-release-councils-crowned-climate-leaders-at-national-awards-2\/\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Cities Power Partnership is Australia\u2019s largest local government climate network. 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