Heart of Australia can develop solar energy
the price of these solar panels is coming within cooee of the cost of gas-fired production,…Alice Springs is very environmentally conscious. If we want to test anything in the environmental area this is where we will test it out.”
Sun shines on nation’s largest solar station, NT News | DAVID WOOD | December 16th, 2010 A NEW solar power station believed to be the biggest in Australia will be built at Alice Springs. The Federal Government will chip in half of the funding for the $6.6 million power station, to be built by Alice Solar City and SunPower Corporation.
The 1MW system, which will produce enough electricity for 288 homes, will sit on three hectares of land.
Power and Water has a contract to buy electricity from the station for 20 years and the station will mean Alice Springs will have the highest percentage of people using solar power in the nation. The station includes 3048 mono-crystalline panels with each 318 watt module tracking the sun as it moves across the sky.
Power and Water sustainable energy manager Trevor Horman said the company had been been using smaller solar systems in six remote communities for 20 years, with other systems built or in the works.
We think this is probably the biggest in Australia,” he said, adding it decided to support the project because it gave the high percentage of renters in Alice Springs a chance to use renewable energy.
The reason why it is happening now is the price of these solar panels is coming within cooee of the cost of gas-fired production,” he said. “Alice Springs is very environmentally conscious. If we want to test anything in the environmental area this is where we will test it out.” He said there would be more projects in Alice Springs and Katherine in the future…….
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