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Flinders University has signed a five-year deal with Engie’s retail arm, Simply Energy, to supply the all of its South Australian campuses with electricity from Willogoleche Wind Farm, a the 119 MW facility in South Australia’s mid-north.
The supply announcement complements the university’s established solar carpark and rooftop systems, which were already supplying 20% of the main campus’ electricity needs. The deal means Flinders has now achieved net-zero emissions from electricity.
“Our Bedford Park campus currently generates 2.22 MW of renewable energy from solar installations on building roof tops and car parks (including 4,136 panels over carpark 3), with more recent additions increasing that number to 7,467 panels, and we are continuously assessing future investments in renewable energy. We have also recently installed 13 new electric-vehicle charging stations and begun to transition our vehicle fleet to electric vehicles,” Vice-Chancellor Professor Colin Stirling said in a statement.
Not satisfied with net-zero emissions from electricity, the Vice-Chancellor says the university is gearing up to be one of the first carbon-positive tertiary institutions through a range of renewable supply and storage projects.
“We’ve set a clear target on becoming carbon positive and this announcement demonstrates our ongoing commitment to champion sustainability by working with industry to address real world challenges,” Stirling added.
“Climate change is an important area of research at Flinders University and we are showing that we can ‘walk the talk’ when it comes to meaningful change in our energy operations.”
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