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"One of Australia’s leading commercial solar and energy services companies has
signed an historic deal with the world’s smallest island to help slash its
dependence on costly and polluting diesel fuel.
Sydney-based Smart Commercial Energy on Thursday signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with the Republic of Nauru, following negotiations that
were concluded on the sidelines of the Smart Energy Conference in Sydney.
Nauru, one of Australia’s Pacific island neighbours that is highly vulnerable
to the impacts of global warming, uses around 8 million litres of imported
diesel fuel a year to power its population of around 13,000 people.
The MOU with Smart Commercial Energy includes an 18 megawatt (MW) solar and 40
megawatt-hour (MWh) battery storage system, to help meet Nauru’s annual energy
load of around 40 gigawatt-hours per year, with a standing load of around 2 MW
and peak demand reaching 4.5 MW.
Smart Commercial Energy (Smart) says the project will differ from traditional
aid-funded infrastructure models, using instead a commercial Power Purchase
Agreement (PPA) that will see the system funded, built and operated by Smart,
with the option for it to be bought out by Nauru’s government."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
