Carnegie Breaks Ground on Garden Island Microgrid project
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Carnegie Clean Energy Limited (ASX:CCE) is pleased to advise it has commenced construction of the Garden Island Microgrid project marking the occasion with a sod-turning ceremony attended by Hon. Joshua Frydenberg MP, Minister for the Environment and Energy, on behalf of the Prime Minister. Construction has commenced on the 2MW solar Photovoltaic (PV) and 2MW/0.5MWh battery components of the Garden Island Microgrid (GIMG) project which is the world�s first demonstration of a solar, battery, wave and desalination microgrid. The Garden Island project will be the largest embedded, grid-connected solar and battery microgrid in Australia. Carnegie has recently signed supply agreements with the Department of Defence for all the power and water the project produces for use by HMAS Stirling, Australia�s largest naval base.
Carnegie�s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Michael Ottaviano said: �We are delighted to have Minister Frydenberg present today to officially break ground on the Garden Island Microgrid. Carnegie Clean Energy is at the forefront in the design and delivery of renewable microgrid solutions that are revolutionary.� |