Renewable energy systems for remote areas in Australia

摘要

It has been long thought that the northern and central regions of Australia are ideal places frothe instrallation of remote area power supplies (RPAS) based on renewable energy. In particular the solar regime in these areas is among the highest in the world. The Centre of Appropriate Technology has been undertaking a project, as part of the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for in Renewable Energy research program, to look at the viability of renewable energy systems is remote areas of northen and central Australia. The study has involoved compliling a database of existing knowledge of renewables in these areas combined with a set of site vistis and case studies to look at both community attitudes to renewable energy and the actual operation of the systems. The study started in early 1997 and is due to be completed towards the end of 1999.