Towards RET
This trend coupled with the innovations in battery storage systems like GCL E-kWBe and Tesla Powerwall 2 is creating a widespread push throughout the state to achieve 100% renewable energy dependency by 2030.
The state is also seeing a tremendous renewable energy push in the commercial sector as well. Last month, Synergy greenlighted another commercial solar project, Emu Downs solar farm, which has a capacity of 20 MW( 80,000 solar panels). It is proposed to be located near the site of Emu Downs Wind Farm in Western Australia. Developed by APA with funding from ARENA, the project is expected to cost over $50 million. The power purchase agreement (12 years) for this project will come into effect from January 2018 onwards.
