Solar rooftops arriving for bus and train stations in Perth WA

Led by Premier Mark McGowan, Western Australia’s State Government has this week recently announced its plan to overhaul Perth’s bus and train station rooftops with solar panels. The State has been a world leader in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has kept its economy strong. As a result, WA’s State Government announced a $5.5 billion Recovery Plan in July 2020. 
 

What are the WA Recovery Plan and its aspects? 


According to WA’s Recovery Plan, it will provide the state a path to come back from the previous impacts that hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This plan further includes a list of the 21 streams that have been set in as a priority and apart from this, all these streams are being supported through the funding process and different resources as well. These lists have covered renewable energy, the new advanced technology, and environmental protection techniques. If you want to know more about this plan, you can check out the whole list by going through the WA Recovery Plan PDF. Now, let us talk about the aspects of the plan, so under the renewable energy and new technologies stream, WA’s State Government has focused on a plan to invest in renewable energy and battery storage for its networks and state-owned assets. Furthermore, the best news till now is that the State is delivering on its plan by announcing a $66.3 million package that also includes: 

  •  $4 million to help in transforming 10 schools into virtual power plants (or VPPs) and 
  • Over $1.8 million to install solar panels at over 50 bus and train stations rooftops. 

Which Stations Are Going to be Solar in Perth WA? 


There will be 50 bus and train stations that will be getting rooftop solar installations also up to over 1,000kW worth of solar panels, and the work progress has already begun. So starting with bus stations named Booragoon, Kwinana, Morley, Victoria Park, James Street, Mirrabooka, Henley Brook, and Optus Stadium bus station has completed their solar installation along with work underway at Leederville bus station. 

 Now, let us look for the train stations. This list provided below will add more stations and is expected to grow in the future, but for now, the stations are: 

  •  Rockingham (complete) 
  •  Currambine (complete) 
  •  East Perth (complete) 
  •  Bull Creek (works underway soon) 
  •  Murdoch (works underway soon) 
  •  Edgewater 
  •  Butler 
  •  Thornlie 
  •  Clarkson 
  •  Leederville 

The WA Premier and the Member for Rockingham Mark McGowan said that the energy which has been generated from solar panels at these bus and train stations would be used to power a range of equipment. 

What is the Solar Landscape are Like in WA? 


After Reading about the State Government’s commitment to solar for bus and train stations all around Perth, it got us to think more about solar in general around WA. Even there are no specific state solar rebates as an offer, the state managed to have its biggest year for small-scale installations in the last few years. So, According to the Clean Energy Regulator: 

  • Western Australia earlier had 51,667 small-scale solar power systems installed in the year 2011. 
  • The State didn’t record more than 43,000 solar installations in a calendar year after that until 2020 when it achieved over 48,000! 

Do you live in Perth and want your nearest stations to go solar? If so, find us through the search box and let us know which stations that you’d like to see undergo a solar makeover. If you’re thinking about installing a solar panel system, just contact us and our consultant will reach out with the best solar packages and the CEC-approved installers. 

You can compare our solar packages and choose the best one for yourself according to your preference. A very important note for all of you, whether you live in Perth or not, just do your bit for the environment and switch to solar for a better future.

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