THE state government has announced Australia’s biggest energy storage targets, and a project in the Barwon region is part of the mix.
Last week, Premier Daniel Andrews said Victoria was intending to reach 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy storage capacity by 2030, with an increased target of 6.3 GW of storage by 2035.
This level of storage is predicted to power about half of Victoria’s existing homes at their peak energy use.
A $157 million package will go towards renewable energy generation and storage projects across the state, and is predicted to create 12,700 jobs and $1.7 billion in investment over the next 13 years.
From this package, $38.2 million will go from the Energy Innovation Fund (EIF) for four projects using new technology to generate and store clean energy, including $19.3 million for two bioenergy projects at farms in Barwon and Gippsland.
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Andrews charges up Victoria’s energy storage target
