Page 1044 - Week 03 - Thursday, 23 March 2017
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(2) What is the current MW production of renewable energy.
(3) If the (a) Horndale Wind Farm has a generation capacity of 1 232 566 Megawatt hours (MWh) per year, what is the current generation, (b) Ararat Wind Farm has a generation capacity of 271 700 MWh per year, what is the current generation, (c) Coonooer BridgeWind Farm has a generation capacity of 81 856 MWh per year, what is the current generation, (d) Sapphire Wind Farm has a generation capacity of 349 703 MWh per year, what is the current generation, (e) Mugga Lane Solar Farm has a generation capacity of 22 360 MWh per year, what is the current generation, (f) Williamsdale Solar Farm has a generation capacity of 14 855 MWh per year, what is the current generation, (g) Royalla Solar Farm has a generation capacity of 37 609 MWh per year, what is the current generation and (h) Crookwell 2 Wind Farm has a generation capacity of 304 099 MWh per year, what is the current generation.
Mr Rattenbury: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) The Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate’s modelling indicates that, in order to meet the ACT’s 100 per cent renewable electricity target by 2020, 3,054,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable electricity will be required. 2,314,748 MWh (or 76 per cent of the 100 per cent target) will be delivered by 639.9 megawatts (MW) of wind and solar capacity (expected generation is shown in column 2 in the table below, and capacity in column 5). The remaining 24 per cent of the 2020 target will be delivered by roof-top solar, GreenPower purchases and the ACT’s share of the national Renewable Energy Target.
Future electricity demand in the ACT will depend on population growth, and factors such as housing stock type and emergence of new technology, which influence energy efficiency and the uptake of electrical appliances. Additional renewable energy may therefore be required over time to maintain a 100 per cent target. This will be actively monitored by the Directorate.
(2) In 2016 (the latest generation information available to the ACT Government), the combined eligible generation of the large feed-in tariff supported generators was 103,312 MWh (shown in column 4 of the table below). This was generated by 52.4 MW of constructed capacity.
A number of generators have come online since this time, and will contribute to the ACT’s renewable energy generation mix in 2017. These generators include the Ararat Wind Farm, Hornsdale 1 Wind Farm and Williamsdale Solar Farm. All generators will be fully operational and generating renewable electricity by 2019.
(3) The table below includes a column (number 4) that gives the breakdown of the generation of 103,312 MWh by the ACT’s large feed-in tariff supported generators in 2016.
Column 2 shows the expected generation for each feed-in tariff supported generator. The Government’s contracts with the generators require that all Large-scale Generation Certificates (LGCs), for which a feed-in tariff has been granted, be surrendered to the ACT Government, therefore allowing the generation to be counted towards the ACT’s renewable electricity target.
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