Read the Yarra (Fitzroy North) community battery project Year 1 Performance Report.
Community Battery Resources
FAQs
The Neighbourhood Battery Knowledge Hub
The ANU Battery Storage and Grid Integration Programs new resource containing the very latest information and advice on neighbourhood batteries.
Watch
Community batteries and their role in the energy transition — Australian National University – Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program (4 mins)
Webinars
Community battery Q&A – Port Phillip community, 17 March 2022
Community batteries – All-Energy Australia conference, 26 October 2021
Flinders Zero Carbon Community Forum – Community Batteries, hosted by Flinders Zero Carbon Community, 10 October 2021
Yarra Community Battery – information and Q&A #2 Webinar hosted by City of Yarra, 11 September 2021
Yarra Community Battery – Information and Q&A #1 Webinar hosted by City of Yarra, 1 September 2021
Community batteries: the new kid on the block Webinar hosted by Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, ANU, August 2021
Community Batteries: Getting Ahead of the Curve Webinar hosted by Lighter Footprints, July 2021
What is the role of community batteries in the climate emergency response? Webinar hosted by City of Yarra, April 2021
Australian community battery projects
- Yarra Community Battery (Fitzroy North)
- United Energy
- Ausgrid
- Western Power
- Enova
- Jacka
- Yackandandah
- Zero Emissions Noosa
- Powercor
Reports & articles
Labor drives down energy bills with 100 neighbourhood batteries
The Powerful Neighbours Report: A guide to developing neighbourhood batteries as assets in your community, Powercor, 2022
Neighbourhood batteries in Australia: Anticipating questions of value conflict and (in)justice, Ransan-Cooper et al. Aug 2022
Alkimos Beach Energy Storage Trial – final knowledge sharing report, July 2021. Synergy
Facilitating Community Understanding of Electricity Battery Options for Noosa Shire, June 2021. McLeod, V and Smith, H for Zero Emissions Noosa (ZEN)
Stakeholder views on the potential role of community scale storage in Australia. Ransan-Cooper, H, 2020, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, the Australian National University.
Implementing community-scale batteries, 2020. Final report for ARENA-funded project, carried out by the Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, the Australian National University.
Applying responsible algorithm design to neighbourhood-scale batteries in Australia, Ransan-Cooper et al. 2021, Nature Energy
The Victorian Neighbourhood Battery consultation, 2021. Victorian Government.
The Victorian Neighbourhood Battery Initiative, 2021. Victorian Government
Community battery meeting wrap, 2021 – Lighter Footprints
Community batteries are coming. Are you ready?, 2021 – Lighter Footprints
Ausgrid Community Battery Feasibility Study, February 2020
News
Cold weather and power prices prompt record interest in batteries and solar — The Age
Neighbourhood Batteries: If you want to bring power to the people, you need to listen to what they want — RenewEconomy (Ransan-Cooper et al.)
Is this the future of home energy storage? — ABC Science
How do you select a community battery? —YEF
The best community battery for inner-urban environments—YEF
YEF wins community battery grant from Victorian Government’s Neighbourhood Battery Initiative —YEF
Community batteries: what are they, and how could they help Australian energy consumers? — The Guardian
Victoria’s first ‘solar sponge’ community battery network to be developed — PV Magazine
Victoria to fund “neighbourhood-scale” battery projects up to 5MW — One Step Off the Grid
Federal Labor promises $200 million for community batteries if elected — RenewEconomy
