Community Microgrids and Sustainable Energy Program (CMSEP) Omeo
Mondo delivered a microgrid solution to support the Victorian Government’s Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) and AusNet’s Community Microgrid and Sustainable Energy Program (CMSEP) in enhancing bushfire and energy resilience within the Omeo community.
Location: Omeo, Victoria
Timeframe: October 2021 to June 2024
Enabling Omeo to generate local, reliable, renewable energy
About the project
After the devastating 2019-20 fire season, the Victorian Government’s Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Action (DEECA) and AusNet undertook a feasibility study to investigate how new energy infrastructure can provide support for communities and households affected by extreme weather events.
The program supports the increase of distributed energy supplies that can keep participating Omeo businesses and residents connected during electricity disruptions. The Ubi platform is used to charge batteries when extreme weather events are forecast, providing increased resilience in the event of an outage.
Key deliverables
- 6.8 kW PV Panels
- Hybrid Inverter
- Regular usage residents: 11 kWh Battery
- Larger usage residents: 19.3 kWh Battery
- Mondo’s Ubi 3.0 energy management system
Benefits from our solution
Frequently Asked Questions
A resilient local electricity supply can provide electricity services even when the grid experiences an outage.
Energy resilience in Omeo is achieved by increasing renewable energy resources on community buildings and properties, to have the initiative to work independently on a daily but then work together in coordination when traditional energy resources or extreme events take place within the community impacting energy supply.
After the 2019/2020 summer bushfires, AusNet, Mondo and the Victorian Government designed a microgrid solution that can support rural communities when the electricity network is impacted. Delivered in partnership with project partners RACV Solar, over 80 systems have been installed on both residential and community hub sites to support the local energy network when greater energy resilience is needed.
These systems vary from hot water heat pumps, diesel generators, solar PV and batteries. The microgrid systems are installed with Mondo’s Ubi, smart energy management system to sites to allow the microgrid function to be managed and controlled during events.
Eligible essential services, critical businesses and residential properties received a solar system and battery designed to support their individual energy needs during an outage. In addition, eligible essential services providers received a backup generator.
