Origin’s proud to embrace the seven We Mean Business initiatives, including progressive decarbonisation and identification of opportunities to run more of our assets on renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a network of nine power stations and nearly 60 LPG terminals around the country, Origin\u2019s Energy Supply and Operations business has no shortage of potential roof space for solar panels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To support the progressive decarbonisation of the Origin business and as part of our ambition to lead the energy transition through cleaner energy, in March 2020\u00a0we\u00a0set off on an ambitious\u00a0expansion of\u00a0our\u00a0program to identify opportunities to run more of our sites on renewable energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Initially commencing across selected LPG sites during the 2017 financial year, the latest expansion of the program examined opportunities across Origin\u2019s generation and broader LPG portfolio of sites and identified potential for a three-fold capacity increase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Origin\u2019s Head of Technical and Maintenance in Origin\u2019s generation team, Joel Otley has been tasked with leading the investigation and roll-out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019d be surprised how much energy we use operating plant and equipment and powering site offices, particularly at our larger power stations. Looking for opportunities to deploy solar across our generation portfolio and LPG terminals just made sense, and supports our decarbonisation targets and We Mean Business<\/a> commitments\u201d says Joel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur initial investigations began by examining things like roof integrity, size and aspect and annual sunshine and energy consumption patterns for each site\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re already seeing the difference these solar systems can make particularly in helping to reduce our Scope 2 emissions. Our LPG Terminal in Minto, New South Wales had a 79kW solar system installed in mid-September 2020, which has decreased the terminal\u2019s electricity use from the grid by 35 per cent, significantly reduced our operating costs and saved over 12 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions\u201d, he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n