The WA Government is behind the move and the state's Energy Minister Bill Johnston said off-the-grid, clean energy made sense.
"So this is good for remote and farming communities because it gives them better energy and more reliable power," he said.They want even more households to get off the grid, in May this year announcing another 57 Western Power customers in the state's wheatbelt will soon get solar units. "We would expect over the next 10 years there would be 20,000 farmers taking advantage of this technology," Mr Johnston said.
"Western Australia is absolutely ahead of the curve at deploying these standalone power systems and it's being developed right here in WA."Currently state-owned Western Power is not allowed to cover the costs of generating electricity via the solar units.And if recent Australian Energy Market Commission recommendations are adopted, more electricity companies will be able to provide standalone power systems to customers where it is cheaper than staying on the grid.
abcperth what do they do when the sun goes down ? rely on coal base power ?