Solar Systems (company)
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Solar Systems has constructed three concentrator dish power stations in the Northern Territory, which together generate 720 kW and 1,555,000 kWh per year. This represents a saving of 420,000 litres of diesel fuel and 1550 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
In 2003 Solar Systems completed construction of the first concentrator dish power station at Umuwa in South Australia
. Solar Systems is a winner in the 2005 Engineering Excellence Awards.
Solar Systems was placed under voluntary administration on 7 September 2009 placing the Mildura Solar Power Station
project and the jobs of two-thirds of the workforce at risk.
In 2003 Solar Systems completed construction of the first concentrator dish power station at Umuwa in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. Solar Systems is a winner in the 2005 Engineering Excellence Awards.
Solar Systems was placed under voluntary administration on 7 September 2009 placing the Mildura Solar Power Station
Solar power station in Victoria
The Mildura Solar Concentrator Power Station is a proposed photovoltaic heliostat solar concentrator power station is to be built at Carwarp, near Mildura, Victoria, Australia.The provisional timeline for the project is:...
project and the jobs of two-thirds of the workforce at risk.
See also
- Green technology
- HeliostatHeliostatA heliostat is a device that includes a mirror, usually a plane mirror, which turns so as to keep reflecting sunlight toward a predetermined target, compensating for the sun's apparent motions in the sky. The target may be a physical object, distant from the heliostat, or a direction in space...
- Photovoltaic array
- PhotovoltaicsPhotovoltaicsPhotovoltaics is a method of generating electrical power by converting solar radiation into direct current electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect. Photovoltaic power generation employs solar panels composed of a number of solar cells containing a photovoltaic material...
- Renewable energyRenewable energyRenewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...
- Solar panelPhotovoltaic moduleA solar panel is a packaged, connected assembly of solar cells, also known as photovoltaic cells...
- Solar power in AustraliaSolar power in AustraliaAustralia has an estimated 300 MW of installed photovoltaic power , contributing an estimated 0.1 to 0.2% of total electricity production despite the hot and sunny climate that would make it ideal for utilisation...
- Solar shingle
- Solar trackerSolar trackerA solar tracker is a generic term used to describe devices that orient various payloads toward the sun. Payloads can be photovoltaic panels, reflectors, lenses or other optical devices....
- Timeline of solar energy