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From rooftops to innovative PPA structures: Australia’s universities go solar

This 1.77 MW installation on the rooftop of Charles Sturt University’s campus in the Australian Capital Territory covers approximately 20% of the electricity needs of the campus.

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Marija Maisch

09 Oct 2018

Major universities across Australia are turning to solar PV to bring down energy costs, and to show leadership on climate change. In addition to deploying rooftop arrays across campuses, they are now developing their own renewable energy assets and coming to inventive financial arrangements, emerging as torchbearers in this booming corporate PPA market. | Image: Charles Sturt University

In the prevailing discourse, universities are referred to as generators of knowledge, which play a paramount role in a global system increasingly driven by information and ideas. But today, they are also coming to the fore as generators of renewable energy, blazing a trail for other -big energy consumers looking to quit the grid in …

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