Yarra Valley Water has been awarded $1 million funding through the Victorian Government’s Waste to Energy – Bioenergy Fund.
This will help fund a second generator at the organisation’s food waste to energy facility in Lilydale, which, is expected to be operational in 2024-25.
Once operational, the Lilydale facility will generate over 12,900 megawatt hours of electricity per year – that’s around 35 per cent of Yarra Valley Water’s energy needs or enough to power the equivalent of more than 2200 Victorian households.