The vision for the Kyneton CPT

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If we look forward 20 years, what would the Kyneton CPT look like?

These are Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs). They may not be immediately possible, but we should be working towards achieving them.

Generator Mix

Diesel base load

Main diesel generator located at Kyneton District Health Service will service Kyneton and the surrounding districts and act as a backup generator to the Woodend generator.

Woodend will have the second diesel generator, which will act as a backup to Kyneton when required.

Both will operate as scheduled generators, but will have the ability to reduce their input and output based on the level of input from the renewable generators.

Final backup could be provided from the Victorian grid as a supplier of last resort.

Biodiesel production would be supported and enhanced through the use of these generators. Local farmers could provide soy, linseed, canola or rapeseed into a central processing plant set up in the industrial region of Kyneton.

Community Wind Turbine Facility

The WISE Wind Turbine generators could be financed and even owned by the CPT. This type of generator mix provides the optimal way to utilise the intermittent, unscheduled output of the turbines, as 100% of the wind power generated would be used to reduce the diesel input and the power output by the scheduled generators.

Town Solar Photo Voltaic

As the profits from retail sales accumulate, or as projects become viable, community buildings can be converted to solar PV generators, with lease payments for the roof space offsetting the cost of the power for the building.

Residential Solar Photo Voltaic

Through innovative financing arrangements with providers such as Bendigo Bank, residents may be able to finance the installation of Solar PV.

Bio-gas/Bio-mass

Landfill biodigester located at the Kyneton transfer station where residents can deposit woody and green waste for disposal in the landfill site.

Sewerage treatment plants in the are can also be utilised for the production of methane gas and therefore electrical power.

Management and Maintenance

Maintenance would be performed by the Macedon Ranges Council with appropriate charges levied against the CPT.

Infrastructure projects would be co-ordinated with various bodies under the auspice of the Council.

Management and administration would be centred near to the primary generator at Kyneton where it would have control over the load balancing equipment.