- From Generation To Market
Case Studies
Wind
Our proposition in this area includes:
- Reduced green house intensity by supply of 100% Green Power from our operating power plants or a jointly developed renewable generation solution
- Access to renewable energy credits
- Electricity supply and price risk mitigation
- Renewable generation solutions – including project funding, project development and ongoing operation
- Potential new revenue streams from exporting electricity to grid
- Electricity market interface through our NEMMCO accreditation and retail licenses
Wind Turbine
Diamond Energy also acts as the ORER and NEM participant for Elgo Estate Wineries operating wind farm in Strathbogies, Victoria.
Our experience includes:
- Provided market interface to wind turbine development at Victorian winery, supporting connection into grid to provide new revenue stream and allowing owner to promote products as “green”.
- Developed business model to generate renewable energy from wind turbines at site to support site manufacturing requirements and supply excess electricity to neighbouring industrial precinct. This model allows manufacturer to brand product as “manufactured from green electricity” and also allows industrial precinct to attract businesses through marketing as “Green Industrial Precinct”.
- Assessed commercial viability of establishing a range of wind farms at aquaculture farms, to support site electricity needs and sell excess electricity into grid.
Co-Generation / Tri-Generation
Diamond Energy’s approach to delivering a successful gas and renewable generation solutions, such as cogeneration, is based on utilisation of our key strengths, including:
- Current Financially Responsible Market Participant (FRMP) in the NEM.
- Owner and operator of Non-scheduled Market generation in the NEM.
- An in-depth understanding of the electricity network connections and market advantages of cogeneration.
- Adopting an Energy Services Company (ESCO) approach which involves taking total responsibility for the systems outputs and associated cost savings.
- Our expertise in delivering gas and cogeneration solutions in a range of application sectors over the last 20 years.
- Our focus on the optimum solution, and flexibility to accommodate the customer’s particular needs.
- Lower cost development option than traditional electricity market companies.
- Our reputation as an innovative solution provider.
- Ability to provide maximum carbon credits value for the project, as a current VREC, REC and NGAC registered company.
Lend Lease Property Portfolio
Through a joint venture with Lend Lease, Diamond Energy is participating in a number of projects in the Lend Lease pipeline with the mandate to provide low and/or nil carbon energy solutions. These projects are at different stages of commercial feasibility and development.
Bio Gas / Bio Mass
Our proposition in this area includes:
- Reduced green house intensity by supply of 100% Green Power from our operating power plants or a jointly developed renewable generation solution.
- Access to renewable energy credits.
- Electricity supply and price risk mitigation.
- Renewable generation solutions – including project funding, project development and ongoing operation.
- Potential new revenue streams from exporting electricity to grid.
- Electricity market interface through our NEMMCO accreditation and retail licenses.
Our case studies and experience includes:
- Development, ownership and operation of 1.1 MWe biogas generation plants at Tatura Waste Water Treatment plant and Shepparton Waste Water Treatment plant.
- Assessed commercial and technical viability of business model, focused on green waste to compost & energy. Business model eliminates methane evolution from landfill and landfill disposal charges.
- Development of Waste Water Emissions and Economic Screening Model to enable screening estimates of different waste water treatment processes on a yearly cost and greenhouse emission basis.
- Development of paper on emissions balance and economic screening methodology for applying High Rate Anaerobic Lagoon technology (coupled with electricity generation) to waste water treatment facilities. The paper also includes a simple payback period methodology for converting from an existing facility to anaerobic lagoon (coupled with electricity generation).
- Assessed commercial viability of establishing bio-gas to energy facilities at a range of industrial sites (including food processing plants and abattoirs) and waste water treatment plants.
- Developed business models to generate renewable energy from bio-gas and retailing across portfolio of sites to reduce carbon footprint across whole of organization portfolio (across multiple locations).
- Established Bio - Ccogen Pty Ltd (Bio-Cogen), a joint venture between Effluence Pty Ltd and Diamond Energy Pty Ltd to build, own operate bio-mass (organic waste) to valuable by-products (clarified water, fertilizer, ash or char and energy) solutions.
- Through Bio-Cogen, developed business models for multi-user, waste-to-energy solutions for food processing facilities in strategic regions across Australia.
- More info at: www.bio-cogen.com.au
Northern Victoria Biogas Generation Plants
Diamond Energy has been the builder, owner and operator of waste water biogas assets in Shepparton and Tatura on Goulbourn Valley Water sites in Northern Victoria. Each plant is generating 1.1 MW.
Tatura Renewable Electricity Generator Launch
Solar
Unique Business Model
Solar Communities develops and implements tailored, innovative solar energy based solutions to reduce our client’s carbon footprint. Utilizing our extensive experience in renewable energy, our broad licensing and accreditation, plus our unique green electricity generation and retail licenses, we are able to deliver the optimum strategic solution for each client.
Solar Communities is the solar energy arm of Diamond Energy which possesses a unique combination of licenses and accreditations.
Solutions Tailored to Our Clients’ Environment
Solar Communities is flexible and can play a number of key roles in solar energy projects, depending on client requirements. We can design solar energy solutions around governmental regulations, environmental standards, funding requirements, multi-level organisational criteria and complex infrastructure situations.
To date, these solutions include Solar Villages (for retirement villages), Solar Families (for company employees and their families) and Solar Estates (for property developments). Each project utilises the latest technology, rebates, regulations, metering,systems, designs, purchasing power and environmental practices to provide affordable solar electricity to reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
How does it work?
Solar electricity installation packages are tailored, based on:
- Governmental rebate criteria (income, home ownership, size of installation, etc)
- Renewable Energy Certificate criteria (MegaWatts produced per annum according to postcode)
- Latest PV Panel and Inverter technology
- Forward thinking Smart Meter technology
- Bulk purchasing power
to provide the lowest-cost solution for a quality installation for selected exclusive communities.
The Solar Electricity Installation Package is installed for each house and includes:
- Solar Photovoltaic Panels
- An Inverter
- A Meter (preferably a Smart Meter)
- A connection to the main electricity grid
Why do I need to act now?
Depending on the circumstances of your community, it is best to be prepared and positioned to take advantage of any opportunity at the critical moment, as regulations and rebates are changing constantly.
For example, The Australian Government under the Renewable Energy Target Scheme (RET) has introduced Solar Credits. The schemes current rules allow for small scale renewable energy systems to create at the time of installation REC’s equivalent to the output of up to 15 years operation. This provides an upfront subsidy to households and businesses that are prepared to sell their REC’s.
Therefore, your community needs to explore all of the relevant factors as soon as possible, to avoid missing out on its best opportunity to benefit from solar electricity.
Benefits of Solar Energy
- Clean, free, electricity from the sun
- No greenhouse gas emissions
- Reduced electricity bills
- Protection against rising electricity costs
- Silent operation with no moving parts
- Easy, quick installation by licensed, accredited electricians
- Increased value of your community’s homes or businesses
- Additional solar panels can be added later
- Long warranties, long life
- Huge Government rebates
How do I qualify?
Your community’s representative should contact the Solar Communities Development Officer :
Email : retailoffer@diamond-energy.com
Tel: 1300 838 009
Mail: Development Officer
Diamond Energy
Level 1
695 Burke Rd
Camberwell VIC 3124
Government assistance post 1 July 2009
The Australian Government is supporting small generation systems under the Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme. The RET scheme guarantees a market for additional renewable energy generation, using a mechanism of tradeable Renewable Energy Certificates known as REC’s.
The Australian Government has set a target to achieve a 20% per cent share of renewables in Australia’s electricity mix by 2020. Solar Credits will apply to the first 1.5kilowatts (kW) of capacity installed. Generation from capacity above 1.5kW will still be eligible for the standard 1:1 rate of REC’s creation. The credits will only apply to the first small scale generation system installed at an address. This offer is not means tested.
The Solar Credits will only apply in the first time period that certificates are created for a system. This means you can receive the full lifetime benefit of the system up front at point of sale, helping reduce the cost of purchasing the solar system.
Frequently Asked Questions
Solar Villages
Designed specifically for communities of Independent Living Units (e.g. Retirement Villages). In these situations, the community usually shares similar characteristics, such as property ownership, property design, community service areas, identical metering and electrical systems, and community site plans (including roofing elevations). Also the proximity of the properties within the community facilitates such services as site inspections and installations.
Solar Estates
Designed specifically for communities of Individual Living Units (e.g. Property Estates). In these situations, the community usually shares some similar characteristics, such as property size, property layout, identical metering and electrical systems, and community site plans (including roofing elevations). Also the proximity of the properties within the community facilitates such services as site inspections and installations.
Solar Families
Designed specifically for communities within a business (e.g. employees and their families). In these situations, the business can add value to those employed while reducing the carbon footprint of the company as a whole. In these situations, the community does not usually share similar characteristics, and questionnaires are required to ascertain which strategy is best for the majority.
Interruptible Load
Diamond Energy has access to interruptible load technologies at various sites across Asia.
Wave
BioWave™ Wave Energy Unit
Source: BioPower Systems Pty Ltd
Our proposition in this area includes:
- Electricity market interface through our NEMMCO accreditation and retail licenses, providing access to electricity market and Renewable Energy Credits revenue streams
- Renewable generation solution services – including site identification and evaluation, project funding, project development and ongoing operation
Our experience includes:
- Identification of a world class wave farm site in Victoria
- High level evaluation of wave farm site, including resource assessment, marine assessment, grid access assessment and planning requirements assessment
- High level design of wave farm business models
- High level evaluation of wave farm economic viability