The Queensland state government has announced a new step in its renewable energy plan that will give rural and Indigenous communities the ability to generate and house their own clean energy.
The Queensland Microgrid Pilot Fund is a $10 million dollar fund aiming to give remote communities energy and network resilience and contribute to the decarbonisation of those areas which mainly rely on diesel generators for power.
Microgrids are a small scale, stand-alone electricity system that use house and generate renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energies and can be connected to a wider energy grid or act in a standalone way also known as “Island mode.”
The Fund is offering funding $250,000 for feasibility studies and up to 5 million to build the grids.
QLD Assistant Minister for Hydrogen Development and the 50% Renewable Energy Target by 2030 Lance McCallum says that the fund will be immensely important for rural communities.
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