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Working towards our 2030 target











                                   Current success stories                                                    Working towards 2030














          Lal Lal Wind Farm   Onsite Renewable   Energy Intensity   Renewable Heat    Procurement of     Energy from        Future Energy      Renewable Gas
          Electricity Supply  Generation        Improvement        from Biomass       Green Electricity  Waste              Efficiency Gains   Investigation
          Opal Group         Opal operates the   Opal Fibre        In 2021, 46% of the   Opal is         Opal is in the late   Opal is constantly   Opal is a member
          procures 26% of    largest baseload   Packaging has      Opal Group's total   investigating    stage development   seeking gains in   of a renewable gas
          the electricity we   renewable        actively chased    thermal energy     multiple green     process for a      energy efficiency   working group
          consume from       electricity        energy efficiency   requirements      energy projects to   Energy from Waste   and has a target   which is tackling
          the Lal Lal Wind   generator in       improvements with   was supplied      form part of Opal’s   facility located at   of a 1% efficiency   the challenges
          Farm, located in   Victoria, powered   success.          from renewable     electricity supply   our Maryvale Mill.   improvement in   of transitioning
          the Moorabool      by biomass. We     Energy intensity   biomass.           solution into the   As part of our    energy year on     renewable gas
          Shire near Ballarat,   also operate a   has fallen between                  future.            circular economy   year.              into a reality.
          Victoria.          biogas generator   5%-10% since 2017.                    We are committed   approach this will
                             in NSW, fuelled by                                       to progressively   divert waste from
                             gas from our waste                                       sourcing more of   landfill, reduce
                             water treatment                                          our electricity from   carbon emissions
                             plant.                                                   renewable assets.  and supply Opal
                             26% of the                                                                  with energy.
                             electricity we
                             consume is
                             generated onsite
                             by renewable
                             sources of solar,
                             biogas and
                             biomass.



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