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Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has co-founded the Resilient Energy Collective, an initiative designed to bring solar power and battery storage solutions to communities that have had energy supplies disabled through the effects of bushfires and storms.
Following the recent bushfire crisis in Australia which has destroyed lives, wildlife, communities and important infrastructure there are many areas that are still without normal services such as electricity. The Resilient Energy Collective has teamed in with 5B, an innovator designing portable and prefabricated solar arrays and Telsa, with their reliable battery storage, to provide stand-alone power systems to communities and essential services.
It is a shift away from the need to rely on the pole and wire approach for power and electricity that can provide more stability to remote locations and communities which are vulnerable to the changing effects of the climate. The systems themselves can be deployed within a day and will ensure clean and reliable energy that not only establishes and reconnects services for communities but will also contribute greatly to a more sustainable future.
“In the future, we see a world in which many remote communities operate on solar power, off-the-grid. It will be more stable, more resilient and less prone to damage,” Cannon-Brookes says.
“This is a perfect solution to a massive problem. It will restore power faster. It’s renewable, reliable and clean.”