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Solar

WA mulls three gigawatt-scale PV plants to export solar to Asia
Plans to build three gigawatt-scale solar farms in Western Australia’s Pilbara and Kimberley regions and sell their output to Indonesia via submarine cables, could soon be commercially viable.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 28, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

WA bathes in sunshine, but poorest households lack solar panels
Solar panels are still a rarity in WA’s lower-income areas.
Rebecca Cassells Alan Duncan and Yashar Tarverdi

Aug 28, 2017

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Commentary

WA’s biggest pig farm about to go 100 per cent renewable energy
WA’s biggest piggery operator to add wind and storage to existing solar arrays in push to 100 per cent renewable energy supply.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 24, 2017

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Press Releases

WBHO to deliver largest utility-scale solar farm in WA
Perth-based business WBHO Infrastructure, in Joint Venture with Singapore based Phoenix Solar, has secured the EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) contract to deliver WA’s largest solar project, Byford Solar Farm.
WHBO

Jul 27, 2017

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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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CleanTech Bites

Lower the drawbridge! WA prepares for wind and solar boom
Drought on wind and solar investment orchestrated by previous conservative state government now likely to be broken, with more than 1000MW of projects lined up.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 20, 2017

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Coal

WA to close Muja coal units, in first signs of major shift to renewables
As WA’s new Labor government announces closure of Muja AB coal-fired power station the state will have no choice but to turn to wind and solar.
Sophie Vorrath

May 5, 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 election delivers win for Carnegie 20MW Albany Wave Project
Labor’s WA election win locks in a $19.5m commitment to Carnegie Clean Energy’s 20MW Albany Wave Energy Project.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 13, 2017

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Storage

EnergyAustralia outlines plans for 100MW pumped hydro plant in SA
EnergyAustralia, Arup Group and Melbourne Energy Institute brief govt on plans for pumped seawater energy storage plant in SA.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 21, 2017

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