Bright Energy Investments (BEI) is a joint venture between
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
n state-owned electricity generator and retailer
Synergy
Synergy is an interaction or cooperation giving rise to a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts. The term ''synergy'' comes from the Attic Greek word συνεργία ' from ', , meaning "working together".
History
In Christia ...
, global infrastructure investment fund DIF, and Australian industry superannuation fund
Cbus. It develops and owns solar and wind farms for electricity on the
South West Interconnected System
The South West Interconnected System (SWIS) is an electricity grid in the southwestern part of Western Australia. It extends to the coast in the south and west, to Kalbarri in the north and Kalgoorlie in the east. It is not connected to the ot ...
, the main Western Australian
electricity grid.
Generation
Assets owned by BEI include:
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Albany Grasmere Wind Farm
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Greenough River Solar Farm
The Greenough River Solar Farm is a 10 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station located in Walkaway, Western Australia. When it opened in October, 2012, it was the country's first utility-scale solar farm. It remained Australia's largest solar P ...
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Warradarge Wind Farm
Warradarge Wind Farm is under construction northeast of Warradarge, and southeast of Eneabba in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The first of its planned 51 turbines was completed on 21 January 2020.
It is owned by Bright Energy ...
(expected to start generating in 2020)
References
External links
Bright Energy Investment's website
renewable energy companies of Australia
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