{"id":53136,"date":"2021-08-19T06:20:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T19:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=53136"},"modified":"2021-08-19T06:20:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T19:50:37","slug":"csiro-net-zero-mb2122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/csiro-net-zero-mb2122\/","title":{"rendered":"CSIRO Shooting For Net Zero Emissions By 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/csiro-energy-centre.jpg\" alt=\"CSIRO - net zero emissions\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/csiro-energy-centre.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/csiro-energy-centre-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/csiro-energy-centre-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/csiro-energy-centre-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CSIRO aims to be an exemplar of sustainable practices in line with its scientific research focus &#8211; and with that in mind has mapped a path to achieve net zero by 2030. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The organisation is aiming to achieve net zero emissions (Scope 1 and 2) for all of CSIRO by that year, and for all of its indirect emissions and value chains (Scope 3) by 2050.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs a large 100 year old organisation spread across 55 sites nationally, CSIRO has many challenges to emissions reduction, but we believe if we can do it, it will inspire other large companies to leverage Australian science to travel the path to net zero emissions,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csiro.au\/en\/news\/News-releases\/2021\/CSIRO-energy-site-to-lead-emissions-target\">said<\/a> Chief Executive Larry Marshall.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Renewable energy will of course play a major role through purchase of\u00a0 mains-grid supplied renewables and expansion of on-site solar power generation capacity. This will add to the 13,000 solar panels installed across 10 of its sites already that have a combined capacity of more than 5MW and are generating more than 6,000 MWh of electricity annually &#8211; which is equivalent to the consumption of around 1,200 Australian households.<\/p>\n<h2>A Net-Zero Newcastle Energy Centre By 2025<\/h2>\n<p>One of the CSIRO sites that will reach the net zero goal well before 2030 is the Newcastle Energy Centre, which develops and evaluates new ways to improve energy efficiency, renewables, energy storage and emissions reduction.<\/p>\n<p>The facility (pictured above) already boasts 425kW of solar and wind energy infrastructure, and 600kWh of battery storage. Solar panels are installed on most rooftops at the facility, there are ground-mount systems and a thin film array on a building facade.<\/p>\n<p>As well as conventional solar panels, the Centre is also home to the only high-temperature solar thermal research facility of its type in Australia (towards the right and bottom of the image). There are two fields, each containing a tower and a heliostat array tracking the sun throughout the day. The heliostats reflect\u00a0 the sunlight and concentrate it on the tower to produce temperatures in excess of 1000\u00ba Celsius.<\/p>\n<p>Among the actions to occur at the Centre in the next few years to take it to net-zero is conversion of its gas systems to electric, electrification of its vehicle fleet, more onsite renewable energy generation and optimising of its on-site energy storage control systems.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle will be the test bed for innovation, before strategies are rolled out elsewhere.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cCSIRO is in a strong position to make science real, by translating it straight from our established energy lab and into our operations, while also directly assisting our industry partners to work towards their own net zero emission ambitions,&#8221; said Dr. Marshall.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Trivia<\/b> &#8211; SolarQuotes founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/about-us.html\">Finn Peacock worked for the CSIRO<\/a> in its \u201cEnergy Transformed Flagship\u201d project back in 2007. This program was focused on developing renewable and alternative energy solutions to provide affordable, secure and sustainable electricity and transport fuels for Australia. 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