The Western Australian Government is giving renewable energy a chance
Novel renewable energy technologies have been given a shot at a major contract after WA Water Corporation said it would support them to power a planned desalination plant.
The Water Corporation called for tenders yesterday to supply 200GWh a year of renewable energy for the planned Southern Seawater Desalination Plant in Binningup in the state’s south-west.
Some 160GWh would be supplied from tried and tested renewable energy sources, such as wind farms. But the authority wants up to 40GWh per year to come from technology not yet commercially proven on a large scale.
Meanwhile, an independent report into the environmental impact of the Perth Seawater Desalination Plant in Kwinana showed oxygen levels in Cockburn Sound have not been affected by the discharge from the plant.
My firm believe is that if we are to save the energy we need to, government needs to encourage private enterprise to experiment, compete and to think of new solutions outside the box. Well done WA!
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