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\"Melbourne<\/p>\n

Preparatory works for Melbourne Water’s Winneke Treatment Plant solar farm are about to begin.<\/p>\n

Built at Sugarloaf Reservoir in Christmas Hills<\/a> in 1980, Winneke was the first plant to supply Melbourne with fully treated water; and today it provides around a quarter of Melbourne’s drinking water.<\/p>\n

Water treatment and delivery is an energy-intensive affair, as is sewage treatment – the utility also processes more than 90% of the city’s sewage. The Victorian water sector overall represents the single largest contributor to total State Government carbon emissions.<\/p>\n

Among actions to reach a goal of halving its emissions by 20251<\/a><\/sup>, Melbourne Water is about to have a 9 MW solar farm consisting of approximately 20,000 solar panels covering an area of 10 hectares constructed along the northern shore of Sugarloaf Reservoir.<\/p>\n

A 9MW solar farm in that location could be expected to generate approximately 11.7 gigawatt-hours of clean electricity annually; more if the solar panels are installed on trackers. This “behind-the-meter” clean power station will cut the <\/span> Winneke Treatment Plant’s carbon emissions by up to 12,000 tonnes per year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Melbourne-based Beon Energy Solutions is building the facility and will make a start on early works very soon – likely next week if it hasn’t already begun. Among this work is the establishing a site office and tree protection zones, temporary and permanent fencing, further site survey work and delivery of construction facilities.<\/p>\n

Melbourne Water says the project will involve an expected construction timeframe of 12 months, with the solar farm to be operational by early to mid-2023.<\/p>\n

Melbourne Water And Renewable Energy<\/h2>\n

The Winneke Treatment Plant project is big, but dwarfed by the utility’s 18MW PV project at the Eastern Treatment Plant<\/a> in Bangholme<\/a> currently under construction, which will be among the biggest behind-the-meter solar installations in Australia when it is completed.<\/p>\n

The first row of solar panels was installed back in September last year. While there has been little news since, Melbourne Water said in September the facility – also being built by Beon Energy Solutions – is expected to be done and dusted by the middle of this year.<\/p>\n

These two solar facilities combined are expect to crank out 44.6 gigawatt-hours of solar electricity per year and will build on existing renewables in Melbourne Water’s stable, including 14 mini-hydro power stations generating 60 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually. The utility also captures biogas from sewage treatment that is then used for electricity generation; contributing 80% of the Western Treatment Plant\u2019s and 30% of the Eastern Treatment Plant\u2019s electricity needs.<\/p>\n

Melbourne Water’s other recent climate related activities include joining the UN-led Race To Zero campaign in November last year, alongside 12 other Australian water utilities – all of which have pledged to reach net zero emissions by 2050 or earlier. In Melbourne Water’s case, it is investigating the potential to reach net zero by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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