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Household electricity use | ||||
| JUL-SEP 2010 | OCT-DEC 2010 | JAN-MAR 2011 | APR-JUN 2011 | |
| Total use kWh | 39,479,063 | 30,999,366 | 29,084,510 | 36,294,462 |
| Average daily use kWh/day | 17.1 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 15.8 |
| Same time last year kWh/day | 16.5 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 16.1 |
Solar Power (more) | ||||
| JUL-SEP 2010 | OCT-DEC 2010 | JAN-MAR 2011 | APR-JUN 2011 | |
| Connections | 163 | 269 | 364 | 454 |
| Generation capacity kW | 280 | 482 | 688 | 889 |
| Exported power kWh | 58,896 | 128,540 | 161,558 | 164,101 |
| More statistics and information on Streetlights, graphs of Household electricity use Solar power, Upgrades and repairs, Graffiti reports aggregated Postcodes: 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041 and other LGAs at AUSGRID | ||||
Councils pay Ausgrid $40m+ per year for lighting capital & maintenance charges + $17m for energy & network charges..
Improved technology & maintenance approach
being jointly considered with Ausgrid with the aim
of reducing energy consumption and controlling
costs:
§ Active Reactor HPS
§ LEDs
§ Induction
§ Cosmopolis / metal halide
§ Intelligent controls / remote monitoring
...Public Lighting in Leichhardt
§ Approx Ausgrid 3,900 lights in LMC (
.. § 95% funded, owned and maintained by Ausgrid
.. § 5% funded by Council/3rd parties but ‘owned’ & maintained by Ausgrid
.. § In addition, Council manages some lights directly)
§ 1 per 13 residents or 350 lights/km2
§ $930,000+ spend in 2011/12 by LMC (
.. § Average split of costs is 15% energy, 15% network distribution and
70% capital & maintenance)
§ Energy consumption is more than 2.3 million
kWh/yr (with consequent GHG emissions of more
than 2400 t CO2/yr)..
LEDs
§ White light, long life & high efficiency
§ Politics ahead of engineering but rapidly evolving
and will emerge as key lighting source
§ US DOE CALIPER program suggests that only
30% of manufacturers’ claims can be
substantiated
§ Current barriers include:
.. § Lack of energy efficiency benefits in some contexts
.. § High (but declining) capital costs (~2-3 times more expensive)
.. § Lack of proven reliability & questions about power supplies
.. § Concerns about glare
.. § Compliance with AS1158
§ Pilot proceeding with Ausgrid at 8 sites
§ Status internationally - generally at trial stage but
with a handful of large deployments
Induction
§ Fluorescent technology without
electrodes
§ High colour rendition and incredibly long
life (up to 100,000 hr rate life)
§ Efficient but less likely to see further
improvements
§ Most deployments
in US & China
Metal Halide / CosmoPolis
§ High colour rendering, good efficiency,
‘white’ light but lower reliability
§ Utilities reluctant to use but reliability
§ CosmoPolis is Philips variant of metal
halide
§ Ausgrid trials underway
§ Most deployments in EU and currently
costly in Australia
Off-Peak Dimming / Remote Monitoring
§ Integral electronic controls and
communications to remotely monitor &
control lights
§ Dim based on traffic, weather & light levels
§ Off-peak dimming typically by 30-50%
between midnight and 5am
§ Application of dimming may be limited in
Australia because of lower lighting levels
§ Remote monitoring attractive ...www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au
History of Electricity in Annandale in the Anecdotal History of Annandale
This page www.ramin.com.au/annandale/story2011-electricity.shtml last update 14 December 2011.