Melbourne becomes first city with all council infrastructure powered by renewables

Melbourne has become the first city in Australia to have all of its council-owned infrastructure powered by renewable energy.

The City of Melbourne has switched all its operations
 to renewable energy thanks to power supplied by a
  windfarm near Ararat in western Victoria.

The City of Melbourne switched all its operations to renewable energy on 1 January. The power is supplied by the Crowlands windfarm near Ararat in western Victoria, which was funded through a power purchase agreement with the City of Melbourne and 13 other Melbourne councils and institutions.

The transition means that council libraries, gyms, childcare centres and buildings are now fully powered by renewable energy, as are all of the city’s street lights.

“It’s a pretty nice New Year’s resolution to go to 100% renewable energy,” the deputy mayor, Arron Wood, said.

Read the story from The Guardian by Calla Wahlquist - “Melbourne becomes first city with all council infrastructure powered by renewables.”