The Garden Island Microgrid will be the world’s first wave integrated renewable microgrid project.

Customer: Department of Defence

Project Partners: Western Power and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

Location: Garden Island, offshore from Rockingham, 61km south of Perth, Western Australia

Feature:

• Existing diesel generation and grid infrastructure
• Large scale 2MW solar PV farm
• 2MW battery storage and control systems
• To be integrated with planned CETO 6 Project
• Western Power providing grid and network expertise and support
• Solar/battery funded by AU$2.5m from ARENA, $3.7m debt financing agreement and $1.3m CCE equity
• CETO 6 funded by $13m ARENA grant, debt finance and CCE equity
• Design complete, long lead items ordered, construction commenced on solar array
• Power supply agreement signed with Department of Defence