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| Installing battery storage at HMAS Stirling (Image: Carnegie) |
“When it comes to running the nation’s largest naval base, security and stability are generally pretty important. And not just around electricity supply. That’s why the Department of Defence has decided to plunge headlong into renewable energy, teaming up with ARENA and West Australian company Carnegie on a project to make HMAS Stirling, 61 km south of Perth, the nation’s first military installation with its own energy microgrid.”
It will be “the world’s first renewable energy integrated microgrid that has the option of receiving wave energy [Perth Wave Energy Project] and will produce both power and desalinated water for the base. The Project will involve the construction and integration of 2 MW of photovoltaic solar capacity, a 2MW/0.5MWh battery storage system and a control system and will include augmentation of the grid connection.”
“It highlights the growing interest of military organisations worldwide in investing in renewable energy as a way of increasing energy security and stability.”
Read more:The Navy goes renewable. Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), July 31, 2017.
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