Courtesy of NREL
Installed at Lobethal’s sewer pump station, the 266 ground-mounted solar photovoltaic panels will generate around 160 megawatt hours of clean, green energy every year, which is enough to power more than 25 average South Australian homes for a year.
SA Water’s Senior Manager Zero Cost Energy Future Nicola Murphy said the array will play a vital role in sustainably reducing operating costs while keeping prices low and stable for customers.
“Now constructed, energized and capturing the summer sunshine, the solar energy generated by these panels ensures the pump station can still help to deliver trusted wastewater services to our Lobethal customers while reducing the energy costs needed to do so,” Nicola said.