Pooled Energy Demonstration Project

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The Pooled Energy Demonstration Project provides retail electricity and swimming pool automation to pool owners as part of an on-going service. The energy consumption of the pools is managed from a central Network Operating Centre in such a way as to help off-load and stabilise the Grid. It is an enabling technology for intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind and sun.How the project worksThe Pooled Energy Demonstration Project acknowledges that Australia has 1.4M swimming pools, using as much electricity as half of Victoria, or the equivalent of two large Power Stations. The objective of the project is to improve energy efficiency at the pools sufficiently to retire one power station and then manage the remaining electrical load as a way of off-loading and stabilising the Grid. For the individual pool owner, Pooled Energy typically reduces the ~40% of total household power used by the pool to about 10%, reduces chemicals up to 80% and delivers a much higher quality, healthier and more reliable automatic pool as part of a package of services. The system eliminates the need for a regular pool technician, thereby saving further cost.

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