This work was funded by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) as part of the Neighbourhood Battery Initiative (NBI)
Charge up your “battery” as you travel through the stages of designing, testing, implementing, and evaluating your business model.
Design your model – this includes your business model and the operating model for the battery
Test your model – exploring the assumptions and elements of the model with partners and community, and feasibility testing
Implement your model – a timeline of things you need to attend to as you get closer to getting your battery on the ground (or up a pole!) and details on some key processes such as site selection
Evaluate your model – assessing whether your model is working and whether it’s delivering social and environmental benefits
Click on the different battery 'packs' below to get exploring...
- Business model design
- Clarifying need, purpose & goals
- Partnerships & engagement
- Services
- Resources
- Regulatory & legal considerations
- Operating models
- Testing economic feasibility
- Testing risks and uncertainties
- Testing with your partners & community
- Testing provision of network services
- Implementation sequence & timeline
- Governance, approvals, contracts
- Site selection & design
- Implementing the battery control system
- Procurement, installation, safety & maintenance
- End-of-life considerations
We acknowledge and respect Victorian Traditional Owners as the original custodians of Victoria’s land and waters, their unique ability to care for Country and deep spiritual connection to it. We honour Elders past and present whose knowledge and wisdom has ensured the continuation of culture and traditional practices.
We are committed to genuinely partner, and meaningfully engage, with Victoria’s Traditional Owners and Aboriginal communities to support the protection of Country, the maintenance of spiritual and cultural practices and their broader aspirations in the 21st century and beyond.