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Power Up Your Knowledge – and our Community!
Electrify Bundeena invites you to an interactive online information afternoon on all things battery storage – from home and community batteries to community virtual power plants and more.
Learn more About:
The new Federal Government Rebate for home batteries
Community Battery Models being introduced
Understanding VPPs – Virtual Power Plants
How CVPPs could power your street
Peer-to-peer energy trading: Sharing your solar
Can your EV be your home battery? (Yes!)
🔌 It’s all free – and it’s all explained.
Let’s power up Bundeena!
Find the right battery solution for you – and learn how communities are taking energy into their own hands.
Event Program + Details
Join us for the whole afternoon or Zoom in for the talks you are interested in.
3:30pm – Home Battery – An Installers perspective - Rebates Explained
Gene Roulstone, Level 2 Electrician with PowerGen, breaks down the Federal Government Rebate: what you can claim and how. What batteries to get and how it works with your solar.
4:00pm – Community Battery Models
David Gilligan introduces what may be possible for Bundeena and how Community Batteries are being rolled out.
4:30pm – What Is a VPP?
Scott Dovey shares his personal experience joining a Virtual Power Plant.
4:45pm – Short Break – grab a coffee and mingle online – the room will stay open (Host can take Questions)
5pm – What Is a CVPP?
Vera Auerbach introduces the not-for-profit Community Virtual Power Plant concept.
5.15pm Jonathan Crowther (Community Power Club) introduces Peer-to-Peer Trading – the next frontier in sharing solar.
5:45pm – Car as Battery? Bi-Directional Charging
Greg Walker explains using your EV as a home battery backup, when will it be possible?
How to Attend
To join the online meeting click here. Please note that the meeting does not start until 3:15pm on 17 August 2025.
We’ve compiled this interactive Google Calendar so you can see our events and other relevant renewable, environment and electrification events that are happening. Use the drop down in the top right of the calendar to filter the events.
Project Launch - 10 September 2023
Mega Garage Sale Fundraiser - 17 September 2023
Heat Pump Information Night - 17 October 2023
Open Houses Day - 12 November 2023
Solar PV and Batteries - 19 February 2024
EV Taster Day - 28 April 2024
Women and Renewables - 15 September 2024
Gas or Electric? - 10 November 2024
Deb Guion, a Bundeena resident, is the proud winner of our recent Apricus Heat Pump Auction. For Ms Guion, getting a Heat Pump was just a natural progression towards having more control over the cost of the energy she uses and achieving a more sustainable lifestyle.