Plans for community battery in Southbank
By Sean Car
Federal Member for our local seat of Macnamara Josh Burns has announced that a victorious Labor Government would provide Southbankers with direct access to renewable energy through the installation of a new community battery.
As Australia’s most densely-populated suburb, 98 per cent of Southbank residents live in apartments or flats and the area is home to one of Australia’s largest proportion of renters, meaning most can’t install solar panels at their homes.
The Macnamara MP made the announcement at Melbourne Square on Kavanagh St on March 7 alongside Labor’s Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen, as well as Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne Nicholas Reece.
Mr Burns said the initiative, which was his “very first...
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