Going to Maitland City Council. 100% renewable energy from 1 Jan 2025 after agreeing a partnership with green energy utility operator Iberdrola Australia.
Under the new scheme, Maitland City Council’s major community facilities such as the Regional Art Gallery, Maitland Aquatic Centre, Maitland Administration Centre and Maitland Town Hall, as well as 10,273 public street lights, will be 100% renewable.
This complements the Council’s existing Small Places Agreement, Which uses 100% green power under the contract of the state government.
Wind and solar will power Maitland Council’s clean energy future. Three locations in New South Wales will serve as sources. Capital Wind Farm and Bodangora Wind Farm in Bunjandur and Bodangora and Avenali Solar Farms in Sandigo respectively.
Jeff Smith, general manager of Maitland City Council, says the partnership will result in cost savings of about £564,000, or nine per cent, over the life of the six-year contract, compared to current rates.
“It’s not only a great environmental outcome, it’s a great environmental impact,” Mr Smith said. But it is also a stable and smart economy.
This will allow us to redirect that spending into providing key services and infrastructure to our community.
“Mr. Smith said”. Adopted last October, Maitland Council’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2030 outlines” “a number of ways in which we are moving forward with a more sustainable future.”
Reducing reliance on non-renewable energy sources in our large community facilities will be a major step towards achieving our goal of net zero by 2050.
Mr Smith said Maitland City Council would continue to demonstrate leadership in this area in the years to come.
One of the initiatives of our Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2030 is to develop a net-zero emissions plan for the coming years, with a target of achieving net zero emissions by 2030.
Because we are working to halve emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.
