Funding was committed to the following projects through the February
2007 funding round.
• Modular Axis Wind Turbine System
• Initiating Best Practice Guidelines for Rooftop
Wind Systems
• Hot Country - Saving Energy
• Bright Future Project
• Energy Audits
• Feasibility Study of Waste Heat Capture for Power
Generation
Modular Axis Wind Turbine System:
P629 - Graeme Attey
Graeme Attey will develop a modular axis wind turbine system which could
provide a wind power source that works for individual houses and other
buildings in urban areas. Mr Attey has extensive experience in successfully
developing and commercialising new technologies. The project will involve
the development and testing of an existing prototype to a stage where
it is ready for commercialisation, if the prototype proves successful.
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Initiating Best Practice Guidelines for Rooftop Wind Systems:
P638 - Dr Jonathan Whale, Murdoch University
Dr Whale will initiate a pilot project on rooftop wind in WA to obtain
data for computer flow modelling that will give insight into best practice
for placement of rooftop wind systems. Wind sensors will be installed
on the roofs of buildings owned by the City of Melville, and monitoring
campaigns and computer simulation studies will be carried out. Meetings
will be held with interested parties from academia, industry and government
for information and data exchange and discussion of best practice guidelines.
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Hot Country - Saving Energy:
P626 - Goolarri Media
Goolarri Media will develop a TV and radio campaign to inform people of
easy ways to make their lifestyle more sustainable and reduce the impact
of climate change, including ways to save energy and the benefits of reducing
energy use. The messages will be broadcast on Goolarri TV and Goolarri
Radio, both of which are broadcast over Broome. Goolarri Radio is also
broadcast via satellite on the PAKAM network which reaches Indigenous communities throughout the Kimberley and Pilbara regions. The TV messages
will also be played on the ICTV network which broadcasts nationally to
Indigenous communities via satellite.
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Bright Future Project:
P627 - City of Stirling
The City of Stirling will train volunteers to install around 13,500 energy
efficient light globes in around 1,500 local households. Energy saving
educational materials will also be distributed by the volunteers. The
City of Stirling, in cooperation with Synergy, will audit a selected number
of homes to assess the greenhouse gas and financial savings achieved.
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Energy Audits:
P636 - City of South Perth
The City of South Perth will provide energy audits for 150 households
to promote energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction behaviour. Energy
saving compact fluorescent lamps and AAA water saving shower devices will
be retrofitted in participating households. Energy saving information
will be disseminated to the households, as well as to the broader community.
In addition, the City of South Perth will partner with Curtin University
to scope a research program for assessing behaviour change of the project
households, with a view to a longer term and broader community study.
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Feasibility Study of Waste Heat Capture for Power Generation:
P637 - Australian Sustainable Developments
Australian Sustainable Developments will carry out a detailed engineering
and financial feasibility study of using waste heat capture and steam
cycle cogeneration at four of the ten compressor stations along the Dampier
to Bunbury Natural Gas pipeline. There is potential to generate between
4 and 10MW using the waste heat available and export this electricity
onto the South West grid.
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