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"A program shifting Aboriginal communities in Western Australia’s remote
Kimberley region from diesel powered electricity supplies to a much cleaner mix
based on shared rooftop solar is slashing household energy bills by nearly $500
a year.
The Kimberley Communities Solar Saver (KCSS) program is a collaboration between
WA government-owned regional energy provider Horizon Power and the state
department of communities, backed by both state ($12.6m) and federal ($7.3m)
funding.
The program, first launched in 2023, will ultimately install up to 300 rooftop
solar systems totalling around 2 megawatts (MW) of combined capacity across
five communities, and deliver an average annual energy bill saving of around
$450 to roughly 430 households.
So far, a total of 422 kilowatts (kW) of rooftop solar has been installed in
Warmun (pictured above and below), a township in the northeast of WA, and being
shared across the 78 properties in the community, delivering nearly $30,000 in
energy saving credits since August of 2024.
In Bidyadanga on the northwest coast of WA, the state’s largest remote
Aboriginal community, a total of 356.4kW of rooftop solar has been installed
across 33 properties, with benefits being shared across 133 households and
delivering energy saving credits of around $33,000.
Work is now underway installing solar in the Dampier Peninsula community of
Ardyaloon, with around 21 homes set to receive rooftop solar systems and the
benefits to be shared across around 85 households."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
