Finding the leanest and greenest environmental initiatives for Unity Water
Unity Water, water and wastewater provider for the new town development of Aura on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, requested a detailed analysis for energy saving and carbon offset initiatives. Its aim was to better understand the costs and benefits. KBR, Unity Water’s...
Design to help SA Water achieve $0 net electricity costs
SA Water set out to achieve a net zero energy cost across all assets by 2020. As South Australia’s largest provider of water and sewerage services, SA Water serves 1.6 million people across the state. Its energy intensive operations previously consumed 220 GWh. To...
Powering the remote Chatham Islands with wind
Chatham Island, administered by the Chatham Islands Trust, is located about 800 km due east of Christchurch, New Zealand and is home to 700 permanent residents. The island’s power station consists of five Caterpillar diesel generating sets of varying sizes from 120kW...
Trialling sodium-ion batteries in Sydney Water pump stations
The ‘Smart Sodium Storage Project’ was a $10.6 million initiative to trial Sodium-Ion Battery Packs as a cheaper alternative to the traditional lithium-ion batteries. The project was led by University of Wollongong energy storage researchers in collaboration with...
Greening NT’s remote communities through solar power
The Solar Energy Transformation Program (SETuP) is transforming the way power is delivered to remote communities in the Northern Territory (NT) by incorporating solar power to reduce reliance on diesel. The project integrated 10MW of solar power into existing diesel...