Australia’s oldest university to go 100% renewables

The University of Sydney, Australia’s oldest university, announced last week that it has entered into a five-year contract with Red Energy, backed by Snowy Hydro, to source 100% of its electricity from solar energy.

With this deal, the institution will become Australia’s first university to match 100% of its electricity with renewables.

The contract, which will begin from July 1, 2022, will not only cover operations across campuses and University-run student accommodation, but also various residential colleges. In terms of avoided emissions, the deal effectively removes 31,200 cars from the road. In addition, the move gets the University one step closer to achieve its 2030 goal of net zero emissions.