Melbourne becomes first city with all council infrastructure powered by renewables

40% of power bought at a fixed price while 60% a market-based price that is renegotiated every two years

Melbourne has become the first city in Australia to have all of its council-owned infrastructure powered by renewable energy.

The City of Melbourne switched all its operations to renewable energy on 1 January. The power is supplied by the Crowlands windfarm near Ararat in western Victoria, which was funded through a power purchase agreement with the City of Melbourne and 13 other Melbourne councils and institutions.