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Schools across the Noosa Shire are utilising their real time energy data to learn about energy efficiency through Zero Emissions Noosa’s exciting initiative Race to Zero.

The program utilises a mix of direct curriculum teaching with week by week lesson plans and a gamified approach which shows students how their real time energy decisions impact on emissions.

ZEN President Vivien Griffin said, “Schools are high energy consumers and the chance to curb wasteful energy use is important to the goal of reducing emissions across Noosa shire.“



ZEN’s Race to Zero helping schools reduce emissions

Community Batteries

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12 May 2023 - Community Battery Plans

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Annie Nolan, Noosa Council’s Carbon Reduction Officer and Geoff Acton, Zero Emissions Noosa’s co-convenor of the Noosa Community Batteries Initiative were invited to talk at the Noosa Parks Association Friday Environment Forum on Friday 28 April 2023.

Margie Maccoll has written a great article about the event and we are most grateful to Noosa Today for publishing it, and to Di Shun Wah and the FEF Team at NPA for inviting us and treating us to an audience of over 50.

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24 March 2023 - Growing Battery Interest

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Report on Zero Emissions Noosa’s Community Batteries session at Cooroy on Sat 18 March and reminder of Sat 25 March session the The J Noosa Junction from 9am to 12noon. ZEN is proud to announce they are leading the charge in the implementation of community batteries in the shire, and they want you to be part of it.
Read our article in Noosa Today

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Media Release: Get Charged up with Community Batteries

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Zero Emissions Noosa Inc. (ZEN) is proud to announce that they are leading the charge in the implementation of community batteries in the shire.  And they want you to be part of it!
Noosa and Hinterland residents are invited to come along to interactive  sessions about community batteries being held in Cooroy and Noosa Heads. 

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Fact Sheet - Noosa Community Batteries Initiative

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In late 2020, Zero Emissions Noosa starting researching Community / Neighbourhood batteries to help on the journey towards the goal of zero net community emissions by 2026. With Council funding we commissioned a report by experts to inform us, and a working group with strong credentials was formed in mid 2021. Follow this page to keep up to date with our progress

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YARRA ENERGY FOUNDATION'S FIRST COMMUNITY BATTERY IS SWITCHED ON

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YARRA ENERGY FOUNDATION'S FIRST COMMUNITY BATTERY IS SWITCHED ON

On Sunday 5 June, 2022, World Environment Day, Yarra Energy Foundation launched the first of what will be a fleet of Community Batteries in North Fitzroy in inner Melbourne.
When Zero Emissions Noosa first heard of the project 12 months ago, our Community Batteries Working Group was immediately attracted to their project as something that we would like to replicate in the Noosa region.

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Report: Facilitating Community Understanding of Electricity Battery Options for Noosa Shire

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Report: Facilitating Community Understanding of Electricity Battery Options for Noosa Shire

This report has been prepared for Zero Emissions Noosa Incorporated (ZEN Inc.) as an initial investigation of the issues and potential for a Battery Energy Storage System(s) located locally on the Energex network (Local Battery).

The Noosa Shire Council (NSC) and Zero Emissions Noosa are working in partnership to achieve both organisations’ targets of Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2026.

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Grant Proposal : Business Plan for a Network of Community Batteries in the Noosa LGA

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Grant Proposal : Business Plan for a Network of Community Batteries in the Noosa LGA

The ZEN Inc community group and Noosa Council have received requests from community groups, businesses, bodies corporate, individuals and Councilors about the introduction of community batteries in the Noosa LGA. We have been investigating initiatives in other jurisdictions to assess their viability locally to support time shifting of excess generated solar PV, increased hosting capacity, whilst also providing network support particularly on LV feeders, all in a financially viable way.

This new roadmap will be the “Business Plan for a Network of Community Batteries in the Noosa LGA”, and will guide the pathway to grow from a single community battery, to a dozen, and in time to more than 100. We expect that this specific plan for Noosa will be able to be easily adapted to other local government areas in South East Queensland in the Energex zone, and beyond.