The Resilient Energy Precincts project team are undertaking a feasibility study for a microgrid solution that can be implemented in your local community.  The feasibility study will look at solutions that help address the priorities in the community across resilience, energy costs and achieving Net Zero.  

The project team is keen to understand what you value in relation to energy, as well as your future plans and ambition. This initial input will help shape the solutions that may be viable for your community - you can always change your mind as the project progresses!

As you are would be aware, energy resilience has always been a high consideration for communities in the Yarra Ranges. Extreme weather events over recent years have reinforced the need to design systems to supply energy during widespread power outages which many of you have experienced first-hand.  Simultaneously, there is also the necessary and ongoing push towards Net Zero emissions for businesses and residents in the region, whilst exploring ways to minimise the impacts of rising energy costs.

The Resilient Energy Precincts Project aims to explore these resilience, cost, and net zero considerations, to develop a feasibility study for a microgrid system centred around the Monbulk community. It also reflects similar action documented in Council’s Liveable Climate Plan, an action plan detailing how we will respond to the threat of climate change in the Yarra Ranges. The Liveable Climate Plan can be found at this following link: https://tinyurl.com/Yarra-Ranges