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Image source: Heron Island Resort<\/p><\/div>\n

University of Queensland’s Heron Island Research Station (HIRS) on the Great Barrier Reef will soon build on its existing solar installation and add battery storage.<\/p>\n

Heron Island is a 29-hectare coral cay situated in the southern Great Barrier Reef area, approximately 80 kilometres north-east of Gladstone. Heron Island’s only human inhabitants are those associated with the HIRS, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Heron Island Resort.<\/p>\n

The small island is home to more than 100,000 birds at times and is also an important sea turtle nesting ground. A turtle soup canning factory was established on the island in the 1920s, but thankfully that was short-lived.<\/p>\n

HIRS<\/a> is internationally recognised for coral reef research and student training in marine sciences. It is the oldest and largest marine research station on the Great Barrier Reef, catering to Australian and international researchers and educational groups.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, juwi Renewable Energy announced it had signed an agreement with the University of Queensland to deliver a 500kW rooftop solar panel installation for the facility, plus a 0.6MWh vanadium-based flow battery<\/a> integrated with diesel generators using a microgrid control system.<\/p>\n

This project is expected to supply more than 80% of HIRS’s annual electricity needs and should be operational in the middle of next year.<\/p>\n

“Hybrid power solutions offer the potential to significantly reduce the amount of diesel consumption in often pristine environments whilst maintaining reliability,” said<\/a> Dave Manning, Global Head of Hybrid for juwi. “On top of that, hybrid power stations now generate electricity at a lower cost than traditional fossil fuel power stations.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The new installation will join 54.6 kW of solar panels that were installed across a number of buildings at the research station back in 2011 as part of a Commonwealth Government Green Precincts project.<\/p>\n

Solar Power For Heron Island Resort<\/h2>\n

Aldesta Hotel Group announced earlier this year Heron Island Resort<\/a> would transition from using generators for powering the resort, kitchen and amenities to solar power.<\/p>\n

“We’re doing everything we can to try to get us off the grid and be more eco-friendly and of course decrease the extra costs of running a generator,” said<\/a> Aldesta’s vice president Stuart Hammond.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to a more recent article<\/a>, it appears the system may have already been installed, but capacity and other details weren’t revealed. Aldesta\u00a0 Hotel Group, which is based in Canada, acquired Heron Island Resort in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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