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Governments

Edwell to head taskforce to plot Western Australia’s exit from coal
W.A. government names economist, energy regulation expert Stephen Edwell as chair of taskforce to lead state’s shift to renewables, EVs – and its exit from coal.
Sophie Vorrath

May 20, 2019

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micro-grids

Senec to provide home batteries for W.A. solar + storage microgrid – Australia’s largest
German-based Senec chosen to supply home battery systems for Horizon Power’s solar and storage microgrid in coastal Pilbara town of Onslow.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 18, 2019

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Solar

Horizon Power swaps poles and wires for solar and storage
W.A. utility to decommission 54km of poles and wires and replace with 13 Micro Power Systems combining solar, battery storage and a back-up diesel generator.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 7, 2019

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Press Releases

Horizon Power partnering with leading academic institution to trial distributed energy systems in regional Western Australia
Horizon Power is conducting a body of research over the next three years with the aim of increasing distributed photovoltaic system penetration throughout its remote networks.
Horizon Power

Feb 6, 2018

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CleanTech Bites

WA national park taken off-grid by local network
Horizon Power’s stand-alone power project taking Fitzgerald River National Park off-grid with solar, battery storage and back-up diesel.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 21, 2017

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Storage

Batteries arrive for Horizon’s grid-scale “spinning reserve” trial
Two large-scale batteries will be trialled as back-up power at an islanded 170MW power station in Carnarvon WA.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 16, 2017

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Renewables

WA utility to lead big switch to local generation, because it’s cheaper
WA power utility Horizon is leading a big switch from centralised fossil fuel generation to local generation. The economics of past supply models are no longer competitive with current and future technology choices.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 29, 2016

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WA network adopts “mobile phone plans” to deal with peak consumption
Horizon Power pilot scheme to adapt “mobile phone” style plans to set consumption limits in times of peak demand.
Sophie Vorrath

May 23, 2016

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PV storage: Horizon moves closer with solar smoothing
Horizon Power now requires solar smoothing devices for PV installations on parts of their network. Another step forward to storage.
Nigel Morris

Nov 10, 2012

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