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A renewable energy future is one step closer for the remote Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory with a pilot program for a solar and storage project.

When remote power is expensive and hard to come by, it highlights a harsh divide in the standard of energy provided for Australian people.

Laramba residents have no details of when treatment system will be ready and are forced to pay for bottled water while they wait

NT Government to transition remote indigenous communities to renewable power by 2030 Around 70 per cent of all indigenous people living in remote communities throughout the Northern Territory are set to gain access to renewable energy, following an infrastructure plan announced by the NT Government. The Government has invested $2 million into a plan to power these areas using green energy, with the infrastructure to be put out through a competitive tender process. The plan was one of the recomm...

By xtock/Shutterstock.com The Northern Territory (NT) government has laid the foundations for plans to transition scores of remote indigenous communities to renewable-based power systems by 2030, with the announcement of $2 million in funding and a competitive tender process. In a statement on Monday, the Gunner Labor government said it would invest $2 million over the coming two years to advance the delivery of “clean and reliable” electricity to remote communities supplied by the Indigeno...