Photovoltaic panels to revive Australia: technology in 100 sites that have been left without grid energy due to the fires
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himMini-grids of photovoltaic panels to revive Australia: A new company created to supply power to cities affected by recent forest fires is preparing to install the technology in 100 sites that have been left without grid energy.
The Resilient Energy Collective is born, founded by Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes, which works with the solar company 5B and the battery manufacturer Tesla. Objective? Return energy to where the fires have wreaked havoc. And do it in a sustainable way.
The fires that have raged in recent months in the great country of Oceania have brought death disasters: apocalyptic estimates indicate the death of a billion animals, in addition to the loss of a huge amount of hectares of land. And, as if that weren't enough, some families but also small businesses and services, even critical for the country, were left without grid energy due to both fires and floods that followed
Hundreds of locations use diesel generators, while others are rebuilding from the ground up and will need new resilient off-grid power solutions. But why not do it, this time, in a clean and sustainable way? Resilient Energy Collective aims to implement off-grid energy solutions much earlier and with photovoltaic panels, organized in mini grids that connect the areas now excluded from the large energy grid.
“In three weeks we got together, we found the technology, we adapted it, and right now it works, it generates electricity - says Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of Resilient Energy Collective and co-founder and CEO of Atlassian - [ …] We built the best technology with the best ingenuity to solve a big problem, and we did it in days, not months or years ”.
Resilient Energy Collective is already partnering with network service providers including Essential Energy, Endeavor Energy, AusNet and SA Power Networks and energy providers to target the technology to the most urgent sites in all of the most devastated areas (NSW, Victoria, South Australia ).
There are already two infrastructures: near Cobargo in southeastern NSW an autonomous solar battery system was in operation in less than two days which helped reconnect electricity to an emergency communications tower in Peak Alone, supplying also a police radio tower.
In collaboration with AusNet, another food system was also installed in the Goongerah Community Hall in East Gippsland (Victoria). The hall was no longer operational but will now be used by local residents for rescue services, internet connection, refrigeration and community meetings.
“In the future, we see a world where many remote communities operate on solar energy, off the grid. This will be more stable, more resistant and less prone to damage - concludes Cannon-Brookes. This is a perfect solution to a big problem. It will restore energy faster. IS renewable, reliable and clean".
Hoping that from an incalculable environmental and human disaster resurrect life.
Sources of reference: Ecogeneration / Resilient Energy Collective
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