Port Augusta solar thermal plant to power South Australian government

A proposed solar thermal power plant in South Australia’s mid-north has been contracted to supply all the state government’s power needs.

Solar Reserve’s Crescent Dune plant in Nevada will
 be a blueprint for its 150 megawatt solar thermal
plant in Port Augusta. 

Work on the $650m SolarReserve facility will start in 2018, creating 650 construction jobs and 50 ongoing positions.

The state government said the 150 megawatt plant, to be ready in 2020, would dispatch energy to the grid even when the sun was not shining.

Read The Guardian story - “A proposed solar thermal power plant in South Australia’s mid-north has been contracted to supply all the state government’s power needs.

Work on the $650m SolarReserve facility will start in 2018, creating 650 construction jobs and 50 ongoing positions.

The state government said the 150 megawatt plant, to be ready in 2020, would dispatch energy to the grid even when the sun was not shining.

Read The Guardian story - “Port Augusta solar thermal plant to power South Australian government.”