Two Canberra public schools are to be fitted with new solar batteries as part of Canberra’s preference to reduce carbon emissions.
Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development, Yvette Berry said that Margaret Hendry School, the ACT’s first public school to produce zero emissions in its operation, would receive one of the battery systems and Caroline Chisholm public school the other.
Ms Berry said two 40-kilowatt renewable energy storage systems would allow renewable electricity from onsite rooftop solar generation to be stored for later use in peak electricity demand periods.
Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Shane Rattenbury said the installations would be test cases for the Government.
“The project will provide us with valuable data on how to optimise the use of batteries to meet energy needs at the various schools in the ACT,” Mr Rattenbury said.
“We expect that by demonstrating the multiple benefits of solar battery storage systems, they will pave the way for future expansion of batteries across other ACT schools and the community more widely,” he said.
Mr Rattenbury said the batteries would also help the Territory improve its sustainability and move it closer to the goal of zero-net emissions by 2045.
