PLANS to include a community-scale battery in the newest stage of development in the suburb of Jacka, in north Gungahlin, are underway.
A two-stage tender process has opened today (November 16) seeking expression-of-interest applications from providers to deliver the battery project, which would allow residents to access stored energy generated from renewable sources.
Jacka’s newest development will feature 700 single residential and multi-unit homes, with the ACT government claiming the community-scale battery would make Jacka Australia’s “most sustainable suburb”.
Suburban Development Minister Yvette Berry says the government is making it as easy as possible for Canberra households to benefit from the shift to low-emissions technology.
“Building Jacka – one of Canberra’s newest suburbs – as an all-electric, solar-powered suburb, will save residents money and set the example of how our future suburbs will be powered,” she says.
“Residents of all dwellings will be encouraged to have rooftop solar, and excess energy could be stored locally in a community–scale battery.”
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