Coober Pedy Solar Power Station
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The Coober Pedy Solar Power Station will be Australia’s largest off-grid solar power station, located at remote Coober Pedy in South Australia’s far north. The project will cost $7.1 million and the Australian Government is providing $3.55 million under its Renewable Remote Power Generation program. When completed at the end of 2009, the power station will consist of 26 solar dishes, each one 14 metres high, which will track the arc of the sun. The power plant will generate about 1860 megawatt hours a year, 13 per cent of Coober Pedy’s total electricity requirements. It will cut diesel fuel consumption by up to 520,000 litres a year, saving 1,500 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.[1]
