Horizon Power

Horizon Power-backed international body to champion microgrids

International Microgrid Association launches in Perth to facilitate cross-sector collaboration, investment and acceleration of stand-alone energy technologies and capabilities worldwide.

May 31, 2019

How solar is saving Horizon Power from crippling fossil fuel subsidies

Solar plant at Meekatharra eases crippling cost burden of diesel generation, as "cloud predictive" technology allows W.A. gold town to…

May 29, 2019

WA is swapping 54km of poles and wires for solar and battery storage

Horizon Power is decommissioning 54km of poles and wires and replacing them with 13 Micro Power Systems combining solar, battery…

March 6, 2019

Solar and battery underway in Australia's "largest" renewables microgrid

Second phase underway in plan to power Pilbara town of Onslow with 50 per cent renewables, with contracts for solar…

June 5, 2018

Horizon Power takes Exmouth golf club off the grid, to save money

WA regional utility takes Exmouth Golf Club off the grid, and supplies solar and storage in order to save costs.

October 4, 2017

Solar and battery storage on Horizon: WA utility launches two major trials

Two trials by Horizon Power test grid value of distributed solar and storage, and role of utility-scale battery storage in…

June 20, 2017

WA national park taken off-grid by local network

Horizon Power's stand-alone power project taking Fitzgerald River National Park off-grid with solar, battery storage and back-up diesel.

June 20, 2017

Horizon Power extends WA off-grid solar and storage trial

WA network operator to take more remote regional customers off grid, with solar, battery storage and back-up diesel, after success…

May 15, 2017

Batteries arrive for Horizon's grid-scale "spinning reserve" trial

Two large-scale batteries will be trialled as back-up power at an islanded 17MW power station in Carnarvon WA.

March 16, 2017

Stand-alone solar and battery storage trial kicks off in rural WA

WA utility Western Power has installed six stand-alone solar and battery storage power around the state as part of $4m…

July 13, 2016