Many communities in Australia hit by bushfires, floods, unreliable electricity and extended power outages are looking into community microgrids, but a number of obstacles stand in the way, according to a report by two researchers from the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney.
The researchers interviewed community members who had proposed 25 of the 36 projects funded by a $50.4 million grant program from the Australian government’s Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund (RRCRF) for microgrid feasibility studies in over 110 communities across Australia.
25 projects in 78 communities studied
The 25 projects studied by the Institute for Sustainable Futures were located in 78 of the 110 communities, said Scott Dwyer, research director for the institute.
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