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Community batteries to Power Melbourne
The City of Melbourne is establishing a network of coordinated neighbourhood-scale batteries to deliver more renewable energy into the grid and drive sustainability.
The Power Melbourne project will see the installation of a battery network across the city, with a focus on City of Melbourne existing infrastructure initially, as well as the Melbourne Innovation District located in the CBD’s north.
A business case for the pilot battery network will be developed with a potential future capacity of 5MW by 2024, accelerating the City of Melbourne’s ambition of becoming a city powered by 100 per cent renewable energy.
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Food and organics waste to be composted in new service
The City of Melbourne is introducing a new food and organics collection service to help local residents reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
As part of the service, residents living in houses and single-storey apartment blocks will be provided with:
A new lime-green wheelie bin for food and organic waste (120 litre)
a kitchen caddy for collecting food scraps, and
a roll of 52 compostable bin liners to help keep their new bin free of odours, which will be supplied for free on an ongoing basis.
Lord Mayor Sally Capp said more than 9000 homes will receive the initial service before the rollout continues more widely across the municipality in 2022.
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