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\"Esperance

Image via Horizon Power<\/p><\/div>\n

The town of Esperance in Western Australia is to benefit from a from a major project that will deliver cleaner and greener electricity at a greatly reduced cost.<\/p>\n

Esperance<\/a> is situated on the south coast of Western Australia, approximately 715 kilometres south-east of Perth and is home to around 12,000.<\/p>\n

Horizon Power announced<\/a> last Thursday that Contract Power Australia (CPA) is to be awarded a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the supply of electricity to Esperance from 2022, extending for 20 years.<\/p>\n

CPA will be constructing a 4MW solar energy facility and installing two 4.3MW wind turbines in the in the Shark Lake industrial area, along with a new gas-fired power station backed by battery storage.<\/p>\n

The solar farm will be the largest in Horizon’s renewable energy portfolio and the two wind turbines will have boast more capacity than all the existing wind turbines at nearby Ten Mile Lagoon (2MW) and Nine Mile Beach (3.6MW) wind farms combined.<\/p>\n

The renewable energy aspect of the project is expected to generate 46 per cent of the town’s electricity annually.<\/p>\n

Construction of the various elements\u00a0 is due to begin in September this year, with commissioning scheduled for the first quarter of 2022. Horizon has said it will be looking into the possibility of a future shared ownership model for the solar power facility with the community.<\/p>\n

Slashing Electricity Generation Emissions – And Costs<\/h2>\n

Horizon states the new gas power station will slash carbon emissions by almost 50 per cent annually compared to the existing power supply arrangements. The battery energy storage system associated with the plant will improve its efficiency by responding to variabilities in transmission.<\/p>\n

A statement from the WA Government notes overall the project will result in a reduction in the cost of supplying electricity to Esperance by an estimated 39 per cent.<\/p>\n

“The agreement is in line with the McGowan Government’s Energy Transformation Strategy, which aims to deliver cleaner, greener energy to regional communities,” said<\/a> WA Energy Minister Bill Johnston.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can learn more about the Esperance Power Project here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Horizon Power is a State Government-owned corporation supplying electricity to around 100,000 residents and 10,000 businesses in regional and remote Western Australia that are scattered across an area of approximately 2.3 million square kilometres.<\/p>\n

Last year Horizon Power began taking some remote customers in the Esperance region off the grid<\/a> by providing solar energy + storage systems along with backup generators, which will enable the utility to take down ageing powerlines that are costly to maintain and pose a fire hazard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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