HORIZON POWER
ENERGY
Making plans for the industry ’ s future “ We need to be as any energy company across the planet needs to be : thinking about the future of the industry ,” said Tudor . With this in mind , Horizon Power is taking potential industry trends and drivers of change into serious consideration — particularly the role that renewable and photovoltaics ( PV ) will increasingly play both at a residential and utilities scale level .
“ The take-up of renewable and PV across the planet has been extraordinary ,” said Tudor . “ China has been focused on cleaning up its environment , and its PV production has certainly driven down costs — and it has made huge inroads into the makeup of energy production in Australia . In Perth we have some 340 megawatts of residential PV installed , so we are getting close to penetration levels of 20 per cent . In other parts of the country — for example parts of Brisbane and Adelaide — the penetration is approaching well over 30 per cent . I think across the world , we are leading the take-up of residential PV .”
Of course this change leads to the inevitable question : what does this
SUPPLIER PROFILE
TRANSALTA
TransAlta Energy Australia is an experienced electrical operator serving large industrial customers in Western Australia . The company is the largest behind-the-fence supplier of electricity in the state with 425 MW of generating capacity and 150 MW of additional capacity under construction . Doubling the size of its business in the past three years , TransAlta has invested close to a billion dollars in assets with stable long-term contracts . Since 2011 , the company has acquired the 125 MW Solomon power station , built the 270 km Fortescue River Gas Pipeline with its partner DBP Development Group ( DDG ), and is currently constructing the new 150 MW South Hedland power station , which will be the most efficient combined-cycle power plant in the region . TransAlta continues to grow in Western Australia , building on two decades of providing safe , reliable power in the region .
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