Lifeline Albury Wodonga crisis support center in New South Wales now has an 8kW solar PV system donated by Maxeon and its local entity SunPower Australia.
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Lifeline Albury Wodonga is a non-profit organisation founded over 40 years ago to provide support for individuals in times of crisis, and to create a suicide safe community through building regional resilience.
Lifeline provides critical services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year including confidential, one-to-one phone counseling. Operating a 24/7 support center generates a significant annual electricity bill of $4,300 which can now be dramatically reduced by harnessing the power of the sun.
The installation includes SunPower Performance solar panels as well as SunPower Reserve all-in-one energy storage system.
Lifeline Albury Wodonga CEO Stacy Read said, “We’re grateful for this opportunity to transition to cheaper, renewable energy, and this installation will cover nearly 70% percent of the costs to power our training and support center.
“To see this project come together is incredibly rewarding for us. By reducing our energy bills, we can free up additional resources to continue delivering critical suicide prevention services, training more crisis support staff and helping more people in need.”
System designer and installer KDEC Electric & Solar, an Australian SunPower Elite partner, optimised the system’s power generation with SunPower Performance Line panels and SunPower Reserve storage system, enabling solar energy to meet Lifeline’s electricity needs even when the sun isn’t shining.
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The system is expected to produce 12,500kWh of clean energy a year and Lifeline will also use SunPower One to monitor system production and energy consumption, and to quantify carbon, energy, and money savings.
