Stand-alone Power Supply for Remote Homesteads

We conducted site visits and met all relevant stakeholders to assess the sites’ potential for renewable energy, and to assess the technical and non-technical challenges of the proposed project. Our concept recommendations for the RAPS systems included solar PV, battery storage, diesel generation, solar hot water and energy efficiency measures. We then performed a first-stage financial analysis of the optimal ownership and business models that could be used to support the systems. The works included:

• assessing the suitability of the site for the potential for various stand-alone renewable energy technologies
• providing options for stand-alone power systems powered by renewable energy technologies
• guidance on the implications, including technical, regulatory and financial, of the proposed options, to support ActewAGL’s decision
• first-stage financial analysis of potential ownership models for the systems.