Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 73.80
Liaison Corey Peterson
Submission Date June 2, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Tasmania
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.57 / 4.00 Sustainability Team
UTAS
Infrastructure Services and Development
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Total energy consumption, performance year:
211,648 MMBtu

Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
kWh MMBtu
Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) 8,679,804 Kilowatt-hours 29,615.49 MMBtu
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) 156,005 Kilowatt-hours 532.29 MMBtu

A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:

Large-scale generation certificates (LGCs) surrendered by electricity retailers to meet their Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) obligations for 2021. LCGs are created by accredited renewable energy power stations. One large-scale generation certificate is equal to one megawatt hour of eligible renewable electricity.


A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:

On-site renewable energy production (solar photovoltaic) from eight rooftop installations in Tasmanian campuses. Total size is 103.28 kW


Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
MMBtu
Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy 0 MMBtu
Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water from certified/verified clean and renewable sources 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the clean and renewable stationary fuels:
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A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
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Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
kWh MMBtu
Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party 0 Kilowatt-hours 0 MMBtu

A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
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Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
30,147.78 MMBtu

Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
14.24

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
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Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 0.27
Coal 0.16
Geothermal 0
Hydro 81.74
Natural gas 1.85
Nuclear 0
Solar photovoltaic 1.89
Wind 13.88
Other (please specify and explain below) 0.20

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:

Oil products


Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass ---
Coal ---
Electricity ---
Fuel oil ---
Geothermal ---
Natural gas ---
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Energy consumption data and on-site electricity generation is from UTAS Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2021, used for carbon neutral certification under the Australian Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard (https://www.climateactive.org.au/).
Renewable Power Percentage to calculate Large-scale generation certificates (LGCs) surrendered by electricity retailers to meet their Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) obligations for 2021 from the Australian Government Clean Energy Regulator (http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/RET/Scheme-participants-and-industry/the-renewable-power-percentage).
Percentage of electricity use by source estimated from the Australian Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources - Australian Statistics Report (https://www.energy.gov.au/publications/australian-energy-update-2021) and percentage of electricity use by the University of Tasmania per state/territory in which the University operates. Note that percentage of electricity use by source is calculated from energy generation per state/territory and doesn't include export/import between states as this data was difficult to obtain.


Energy consumption data and on-site electricity generation is from UTAS Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2021, used for carbon neutral certification under the Australian Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard (https://www.climateactive.org.au/).
Renewable Power Percentage to calculate Large-scale generation certificates (LGCs) surrendered by electricity retailers to meet their Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) obligations for 2021 from the Australian Government Clean Energy Regulator (http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/RET/Scheme-participants-and-industry/the-renewable-power-percentage).
Percentage of electricity use by source estimated from the Australian Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources - Australian Statistics Report (https://www.energy.gov.au/publications/australian-energy-update-2021) and percentage of electricity use by the University of Tasmania per state/territory in which the University operates. Note that percentage of electricity use by source is calculated from energy generation per state/territory and doesn't include export/import between states as this data was difficult to obtain.

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