Coober Pedy goes off grid with solar, battery hybrid system

Coober Pedy solar panels (from One Step off the Grid)

“South Australia’s iconic opal mining town of Coober Pedy has successfully – and finally – made the shift to clean energy, and is already achieving periods of 100 per cent renewables since the completion of its wind, solar, battery storage and diesel hybrid system last [October].”

“The result notches up another win for Hydro Tasmania, whose busy Hybrid Energy Solutions team recently took Rottnest Island [Western Australia] to 45 per cent renewables, with up to 90 per cent instantaneous renewable contribution achievable.”

Hydro Tasmania has done the same in Bass Strait for both Flinders Island and the larger King Island which both have wind, solar and battery storage and diesel hybrid off-grid electricity solutions to minimise their use of diesel.

Read more at: Coober Pedy enjoys 100% renewables after switch to hybrid solar, wind + battery system. One Step off the Grid, November 30, 2017