Gippsland Water reaches 100% renewable electricity target

Gippsland Water has achieved the target of being powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2025. 

The organisation met the goal with a mix of solar, hydroelectric and biogas energy generation, as well as purchased green power.  

Managing director Sarah Cumming said the transition to renewable energy was a critical step for the organisation on its way to achieving net zero emissions by 2030.   

“During the 2024-25 financial year, emissions resulting from our electricity consumption made up two-thirds of our total emissions,” Ms Cumming said.  

“Now that we are sourcing all of our electricity from renewable sources, our carbon emissions will drop by over 20,000 tonnes, based on historical electricity consumption, which will put us on track to achieve net zero emissions by 2030.  

“This aligns with the Victorian Government’s whole of Government emissions reduction pledge, announced in 2021, mandating 100 per cent renewable electricity for all government operations by 2025.” 

The organisation has continued to develop renewable energy infrastructure, planted hundreds of hectares of native trees to remove carbon from the atmosphere and begun to replace its fleet with low and zero emission vehicles.  

In October 2021, the Gippsland Water Board set the ambitious target to net zero emissions by 2030, 20 years earlier than its original target.  

To see Gippsland Water’s work to reduce carbon emissions and plans to act on climate change, visit www.gippswater.com.au/climate.