REPORTING | Fiztroy North Community Battery - Year 2 Performance
We’re excited to share the Year 2 Performance Report for the Fitzroy North Community Battery, offering a detailed look at how the battery performed in FY23–24.
The report provides insights into the battery’s operations, financial performance, and the key lessons we’ve learned throughout its second year of operation.
“Sharing this report is important to us especially if it helps the deployment of storage for the energy transition,” – Dean Kline, Yarra Energy Foundation CEO
WIRED | For Tomorrow: watch the vision unfold
In this two-minute video, discover Wired for Tomorrow, our project exploring the potential of precinct-scale electrification.
After watching, click the link below to learn about the three different phases: current day, a fully electrified future, and the transformer phase, the transition period between those states.
TRAINING | Neighbourhood Battery course | last weeks to register
Our 2-day Advanced Neighbourhood Battery Training Course is coming up soon on February 18 & 19, 2025, in Fitzroy.
"YEF helped me hugely expand my knowledge of neighbourhood batteries and the matters that need to be considered for installation." – Participant feedback.
The Victorian Government's Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and Yarra Energy Foundation are providing significant co-subsidies for general admission and non-profit tickets for Victorian attendees. All information about ticket prices and non-profit registration can be found at the link below.
If you’re interested in attending, be sure to register soon as spots are limited.
ANNOUNCING | Sustainable House Day | Sunday 4 May 2025
Sustainable House Day is back for 2025, featuring a day of open-home tours around the country on Sunday 4 May, followed by a month of online webinars on a range of sustainability topics.
Renew are currently seeking applications from homeowners to open their comfortable, energy-efficient homes, either for in-person tours, on Sunday 4 May 2025, or for video tours to be viewed online.
We look forward to seeing the homes involved, particularly older homes that have been transformed with thermal upgrades, energy-efficient appliances and solar and storage.
OFFERING | Our Services
You can find out more about the services that the Yarra Energy Foundation can offer on our website. These include:
- Feasibility studies
- Community Engagement
- Community battery strategies for local councils
- Consulting & advice
- Project management
- Solar & electrification programs
We have a small team of extremely passionate energy experts with decades of combined industry, governmental, business, and sustainability experience.
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Yarra Energy Foundation acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung as the Traditional Owners of this country, pays tribute to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Yarra, and gives respect to the Elders past and present.