Western Australia

WA targets 1,000-plus standalone power systems with new funding boost

WA tips another $37m to deploy 180 standalone power systems across the state, as it aims for 1,000 over four…

June 29, 2022

Why this state government is kicking gas out of a big coastal community

An entire community of households and businesses is in the process of quitting the reticulated gas network, backed by state…

April 28, 2022

Solar and battery microgrid takes WA town to 100% renewables in Australian first

Western Australia again demonstrates its remote renewables leadership by powering Pilbara town of Onslow entirely on solar and battery storage.

June 18, 2021

Daytime power tariffs slashed to just eight cents a kWh to soak up rooftop solar

Synergy to offer a "Midday Saver" tariff of just 8c/kWh in a bid to help soak up the abundant rooftop…

December 16, 2020

W.A. launches “solar schools” VPP pilot in Goldfields region

W.A. government plans to transform up to 10 schools into solar and battery enabled virtual power plants kicks off with…

August 6, 2020

WA solar households set for price shock as premium tariffs come to an end

With WA premium feed-in-tariff contracts starting to come to an end, it is a good time for solar households to…

July 2, 2020

W.A. to fund solar farms in six remote indigenous communities

W.A. government to install up to 4MW of solar across 6 remote indigenous communities, in $11.6m budget plan to slash…

May 10, 2019

W.A. Water Corp taps solar to cut grid power consumption in half

W.A. Water Corporation reveals plans to install solar across nine sites – enough to supply around 50 per cent of…

March 11, 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

Off-grid school Australia's first to run 100% on solar, battery storage

New-build, off-grid school north of Perth, Western Australia, becomes first in Australia to be powered completely by rooftop solar and…

October 26, 2018