House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-02-03 Daily Xml

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COOBER PEDY SOLAR POWER STATION

119 Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (30 September 2008). Who are the investors in the Coober Pedy solar power station and how much is being contributed by each?

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change): I have been advised of the following:

As outlined in my announcement on 19 February the Coober Pedy Solar Power Station is a $7.1 million project, to which we are contributing $635,000. The Commonwealth is providing $3.55 million under the Remote Renewable Power generation Program.

The balance of funds is being provided by Wesfarmers subsidiary Energy Generation Pty Ltd (enGen)—the company with the long term contract with the District Council of Coober Pedy to generate electricity for the Coober Pedy community.