City of Busselton, Western Australia, in partnership with Western Power and Synergy, has announce the release of the PowerBank trial in Busselton, providing local residents with access to battery storage technology.
A PowerBank is a type of community battery shared by households who generate solar energy.
Unused power generated during the day is virtually stored in the battery and available for redraw when the sun stops shining.
At the end of the day any remaining power is returned to the grid, with participating households paid the standard feed-in tariff.
The battery was installed last year in Shovelboard Way, Vasse, and after some fine-tuning is ready to start storing excess solar energy generated by local residents.
Synergy will soon be contacting households that have rooftop solar and a consumption pattern suited to battery storage and offer them an opportunity to take part in the trial for a daily subscription fee.
Mayor Grant Henley said that he was pleased to see the Bussleton community being selected for the roll out of the PowerBank trial and that it supported the City’s efforts in reducing carbon emissions.
“This is another great achievement towards a lower emissions community and making new technologies part of our reality.”
