100 Neighbourhood Battery Phillip Island
Mondo will be delivering a total of eleven batteries between Queenscliffe and Philip Island.
Location: Phillip Island, Victoria
Timeframe: 2024 – current
Working with the Phillip Island community to design and build a sustainable energy solution
About the project
Mondo, in collaboration with the Bass Coast Shire Council and TRPI plan to install the 205 kWh batteries at seven separate locations across the Island, with double batteries (410 kWh) at the remaining two locations.
The batteries, which are sized just larger than a public phone box, aims to act as “solar sponge,” soaking up excess daytime solar energy generation for later use, thereby facilitating the transition towards renewable energy sources and supporting the community’s Climate Change Action Plan.
The batteries will be monitored and optimised by Ubi Platform, which will charge the batteries when there is excess solar, discharge the batteries when there is high demand and optimise the batteries to respond to the wholesale energy market.
Key deliverables
- Five of the battery systems onsite will have apower rating of 100 kW and energy storage capacity of 205 kWh
- Two sites will have a system of 200 kW / 410 kWh
- The 100kW/250kWhLithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePo4) batteries will be 3 metres x 5 metres in size
- Six batteries willbe in a ‘front of meter’ while the seventh battery, at Beninneit, will be‘behind the meter’
Benefits from our solution
Frequently Asked Questions
Victoria’s energy grid was originally designed for a one-way flow of power, moving energy from where it’s made to where it’s needed. Rooftop solar generation, and other renewable power generation, has introduced a more dynamic, two-way flow of electricity; something that the original energy grid was not designed for.
To maintain a stable electricity supply and to harness as much renewable energy as possible, we need more storage at the network, district, neighbourhood, and property levels.
The batteries will be charged and discharged with electricity from the wholesale energy market, typically charging from the grid during the day with solar energy and storing this energy until it is needed in the evening or early morning, when demand is high, and renewable energy supply is limited.
No. The batteries’ function is to improve the local network’s ability to absorb excess solar energy during the day and export during periods of higher demand. The batteries will not operate or provide back-up power during an outage. However, by storing excess solar the batteries may help address challenges associated with summer peak loads.
Mondo has worked closely with Bass Coast Shire Council and TRPI to finalise a community fund arrangement that is fair and transparent. The fund is intended to support community renewable energy projects. The donation will be paid annually to Bass Coast Shire Council and the Energy Innovation Cooperative will support the arrangement.
