Transcript for What is a neighbourhood battery

In recent years, with the growth in renewable energy, there’s been a lot of talk about neighbourhood batteries, but what are they?

(Text on screen) Electricity Storage System

A neighbourhood battery is an electricity storage system.

Also known as a community battery or mid-scale battery, neighbourhood batteries are larger than household solar but smaller than utility scale batteries.

And while they’re known as neighbourhood batteries, you can also find them in rural towns and more remote locations.

(Text on screen) More Renewable Energy!

Neighbourhood batteries mean more renewable energy can be used in your community

If there’s solar in your community, you can store the energy generated from this in a neighbourhood battery to use whenever you want.

For example:

When the sun’s out and shining, the battery gets charged.

And when the sun goes down, you can use that stored energy.

(Text on screen) Benefits of Neighbourhood Batteries

Neighbourhood batteries not only mean greater access to renewable energy

They can also mean:

• lower power bills
• a small source of revenue for communities
• a more reliable electricity supply
• increased energy resilience
• a contribution to Victoria’s energy transition
• better management of energy supply and demand issues in low voltage networks.