The Carnarvon Solar Power Station

Dr Tobias Price
Materials Scientist, Energy Made Clean

SEN Guest Presentation
Monday 14th May, 2012 6:00pm for a 6:30 start
City West Lotteries House: 2 Delhi St, West Perth
(next to City West train station)
THIS IS A FREE EVENT, Refreshments Provided

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The Carnarvon Solar Farm was successfully commissioned in December 2011 by Energy Made Clean (EMC) as the first solar power station supported by a power purchase agreement (PPA) in Western Australia. Connected to Horizon Power’s the station produces 600,000 kWh annually, offsetting 180,000 litres of diesel and representing a saving of 483 tonnes of CO₂. The project is supported by the Australian Government through the renewable remote power generation program. and was designed, installed and commissioned on time $500,000 under budget. The power station is now fully online, and is supported by a 15 year power purchase agreement with Horizon Power extendable to 30 years. This is the first of a 50 MW staged rollout of solar power stations by EMC across Western Australia.

EMC is a leader of technology development and deployment in the clean energy sector and has been working in the industry since 2004.

Dr Tobias Price is a graduate of Nottingham University, where he also completed his PhD in hydrogen storage using hydride materials in 2009. He continued working for the University of Nottingham as a Research Fellow until 2010. Dr Price’s experience in the field of Hydrogen Storage has found new application in heat storage solutions for Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) systems with (EMC) in Perth where he is involved in the testing and preparation of magnesium materials, design of heat reactors and storage system and the in-situ field testing of the pilot plant. Now involved in many of EMC's projects Dr Price is currently working on PV integration into mini-grids, EMC's Carnarvon Solar PV Power Station, energy retailing and engineering services relating to the government's Clean Technology Program.