Project description
IP has installed a neighbourhood battery with a capacity of 118kW/456kWh. Connected to the electricity grid ‘in front of the meter’ through an existing high-capacity connection point, IP will operate on a solar soak model. This means, they will use solar generated electricity supplied by Indigo Power’s customers during the day and export it when there is demand for it during the evening peak.
IP are using the battery to reduce wholesale costs and are passing all savings on to retail customers via increased Feed in Tariff (FiT) and/or decreased retail tariffs.
Why a battery is needed
The battery will develop and test an innovative commercial community battery model. It will contribute to the emerging knowledge base of operational models and revenue generation for neighbourhood scale batteries.
Benefits
- Reduce electricity costs for all IP customers, including low-income households, renters, and apartments through an increased FiT and/or decreased retail tariffs.
- Assessment of the ability of neighbourhood-scale battery storage to contribute to the electrification and decarbonisation of Northeast Water’s operations, providing a proof of concept for other water utility operations.
- Improved network reliability.
- Reduction of local solar export limitations.
'Indigo Power is a certified social enterprise, owned by the community as a part of a shareholder offering, so our business needs to closely align to the values of our customers. One of those values is to deliver 100% renewable energy, which this battery will help us to do.'
Heath Shakespeare, Project Manager, Indigo Power
Project facts
Lead organisation: Indigo Power (IP)
Project partners: Northeast Water
Name of the project: Wodonga Neighbourhood Battery
Start date: June 2024
Completion date: August 2025
Number of batteries: 1
Battery locations: Baranduda
Battery sizing: to118kW/456kWh
Chemistry and configuration: Lithium Iron Phosphate, behind the meter.
Page last updated: 21/10/26