This project also co-funded a rooftop solar system on Warriewood Community Centre, in collaboration with Northern Beaches Council.
Community batteries strengthen the grid to support more connections such as rooftop solar and electric vehicle charging. Ausgrid installed this rooftop solar system for the community to demonstrate how storage can support the uptake and use of renewable energy.
For further information read the media release.
This battery was launched in May 2024.
Eligible customers located in proximity to this battery can sign up for an Energy Storage as a Service product via a participating retailer. Click here for more details: Energy Storage as a Service.
exporting 5kWh on average per day
Average 7kW charge rate
Ausgrid and Northern Beaches Council installed a 100kW rooftop solar system on Warriewood Community Centre in September 2024.
Community batteries support more rooftop solar connecting to the grid and sharing of solar with the local community.
Skylight by Daniel McDonald
Look above
Clouds will part
Find paths of light and wellness
Flying high
Daniel is a proud deaf, First Nations Wonnarua artist, living on Gadigal land. His art is inspired by what he sees and feels from the physical environment, the atmosphere, human interaction and the dreamtime.
“Having a disability means that I have often been isolated. I can use colours and symbols and can do it by myself. I can use art to communicate.
I started painting when I was 5 years old. The Elders watched me on the sidelines while the other kids were playing in the 1980s. They took me aside and taught me how to paint and show meaning through art. The elders gave me an understanding of community and encouraged me to become an artist.”
Skylight is about overcoming adversity and never surrendering to negative things that come our way. It conveys the idea of both calmness that can be attained from being still in our physical environment; and a resolve never to give up.
For more on Daniel’s artwork visit www.deadlyhandtalk.com
'Deadly' is an Indigenous word for proud or awesome. 'Hand Talk' is communication by hand.
