The remote mining town of Menzies in Western Australia’s Goldfields region is to source 80% of its power needs from renewable energy with a new microgrid, including solar generation and battery energy storage, to be built in the small community.

Transition of an off-grid gold mining town from diesel to mostly solar and battery to reduce costs of heavily subsidised power supply, and cut emissions.

The remote mining town of Menzies in Western Australia’s Goldfields region is to source 80% of its power needs from renewable energy with a new microgrid, including solar…