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We’re investigating potential opportunities to establish a wet anaerobic digester waste to energy facility at Gippsland Regional Organics.
Anaerobic digesters convert organic waste, such as food and agricultural waste, into renewable energy (biogas).
A facility like this would enable Gippsland Regional Organics to process more organic waste and generate renewable energy – either for use by Gippsland Regional Organics or local grid consumption.
Ultimately, this would reduce operational costs or provide additional revenue, putting downward pressure on customer bills.
It could also help us meet our target of net zero emissions by 2030, by directly reducing emissions or potentially injecting renewable natural gas into the grid.
We’re engaging with interested parties to better understand whether the facility is viable and the benefits it could offer.
While we’re already 100% powered by renewable electricity through a mix of solar, hydroelectricity, biogas and purchased green power, we’re always looking at new renewable technologies to reduce our environmental impact and provide benefits to our customers.
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At our Gippsland Regional Organics site at Dutson Downs near Sale.
This new technology could generate additional revenue which would ultimately put downward pressure on customer bills.
We are a massive consumer of electricity with a consumption equivalent to nearly 6,000 Gippsland homes. Our expertise in energy management is significant and it is critical to what we do. We already manage renewable energy systems at eight of our sites. These are mostly solar energy systems but also include biogas and hydroelectric generation.