location
VIC
Services used
Consultancy Services
Industry
Dairy
20.8MW
SOLAR PV
$79.57M
SAVINGS
Engaged by Fonterra to help reach their 2030 carbon emissions reduction goals, Acacia Energy worked collaboratively with the client to create a list of detailed renewable energy projects to help them reach their target.
The Challenge
Fonterra, one of the biggest dairy processors in both Australia and New Zealand, engaged Acacia in 2023 for consultation on how to meet their 2030 carbon emissions target. Fonterra Australia had set a carbon emissions target of 30% below their 2017/18 levels and had aspirations of achieving past that goal as well. Fonterra was seeking to reduce these emissions through renewable energy solutions at their four largest Victorian sites, Stanhope, Cobden, Darnum Park and Campbellfield.
The Solution
Acacia Energy considered numerous renewable energy solutions, between BESS, solar options of various facings, tilts and types (eg: Single-axis tracker), and on-grid renewables. After extensive modelling, Acacia Energy presented numerous solutions for each site, recommending sola solutions that summed to 20.8MW of solar.
Acacia energy additionally offered a solution to decrease Fonterra's emissions further down their supply line, and provided a timeline to completion of each project and the technical specs to ensure that Fonterra has the infrastructure to handle this new electricity production.
The Impact
These solutions took Fonterra to well past their 30% carbon abatement target, reaching to 38% of their total 50% target. The solutions also delivered a combined lifetime savings of $79,571,000.
