Hydrogen Minister goes solar as Hyperdome slashes power bill
One of southeast Queensland’s largest shopping centres is set to slash thousands of dollars off its power bills after installing 12,400 solar panels. WATCH THE VIDEO
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One of southeast Queensland’s largest shopping centres is set to slash thousands of dollars off its power bills after installing 12,400 solar panels.
Work kicked off at the Hyperdome in Loganholme on the project that will create 40 jobs, cut carbon emissions and reduce demand on the surrounding power network.
Hydrogen Minister Mick de Brenni climbed on to the shopping centre’s roof to get a bird’s eye view of the panl installation which, if stacked end to end, would be 26km long.
Mr de Brenni said Queensland businesses needed cheaper, cleaner energy and renewables and renewables jobs to power ahead after Covid.
The Hyperdome is one of four QIC-owned Queensland shopping centres using publicly-owned energy company Yurika to transform roof space into valuable power generation.
Hyperdome Centre Manager Brian Turner said the panels would generate approximately 6.9 GWh of electricity, enough to power 1000 homes for a year.
“The technology will reduce Hyperdome’s carbon emissions by 6050 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, which is the equivalent of removing 1200 passenger vehicles from our roads each year,” he said.
“As one of four QIC-owned shopping centres in Queensland to leverage Yurika’s solar technology, we are looking forward to being able to access reliable, clean energy for our centre,” he said.
Yurika executive general manager Carly Irving said the partnership with QIC for its shopping centres was unique in Australia as both were workng to lower the cost of energy and improve the environmental performance of large shopping centres.
Toowoomba’s Grand Central, Townsville’s Domain Central, and the Gold Coast’s Robina Town Centre were other centres to use the technology.
Hyperdome will remain open as usual throughout the works.
The solar installation signals Hyperdome’s commitment to reducing its environmental impact and its owner QIC’s target of achieving net zero carbon emissions across its core retail portfolio by 2028.
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