{"id":13754,"date":"2010-08-23T02:23:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T02:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/uncategorized\/marble-bar-plays-host-to-worlds-first-solar-diesel-power-station.php"},"modified":"2013-01-24T09:57:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T09:57:15","slug":"marble-bar-plays-host-to-worlds-first-solar-diesel-power-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/alternative-energy\/marble-bar-plays-host-to-worlds-first-solar-diesel-power-station.php","title":{"rendered":"Marble Bar plays host to world\u2019s first Solar Diesel Power Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"solar-panels.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/solar-panels.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"264\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\"\/><\/span><br \/>\nWA&#8217;s Mines and Petroleum Minister, Norman Moore, recently cut the red ribbon at the Horizon Power&#8217;s Pippunyah Solar Diesel Power Station, the first of its kind in the world, located at Western Australia&#8217;s Pilbara region at Marble Bar, a place known for its heat. Costing around $34 million, this one\u2019s powered by Australia\u2019s biggest sun-tracking solar panel farm. Marble Bar holds the world record for the most consecutive days of maximum temperatures too. The station will soak in the sun, generating 1048 megawatt hours of solar energy annually and fulfilling 65% day time energy demand. The station will also keep away 1119 tons of greenhouse gas emissions while saving up to 35% to 40% annually.<br \/>\n(<em>Image For Representational Purpose Only<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nAustralia sure is using the sun\u2019s energy in just the right way, juicing itself up with solar power as much as it can.<br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/news.smh.com.au\/breaking-news-national\/wa-opens-world-first-solar-power-station-20100820-138o4.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">SMH<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WA&#8217;s Mines and Petroleum Minister, Norman Moore, recently cut the red ribbon at the Horizon Power&#8217;s Pippunyah Solar Diesel Power Station, the first of its kind in the world, located at Western Australia&#8217;s Pilbara region at Marble Bar, a place &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/alternative-energy\/marble-bar-plays-host-to-worlds-first-solar-diesel-power-station.php\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Continue reading3 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3305,391,3306,2501],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marble Bar plays host to world\u2019s first Solar Diesel Power Station -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/alternative-energy\/marble-bar-plays-host-to-worlds-first-solar-diesel-power-station.php\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marble Bar plays host to world\u2019s first Solar Diesel Power Station -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WA&#8217;s Mines and Petroleum Minister, Norman Moore, recently cut the red ribbon at the Horizon Power&#8217;s Pippunyah Solar Diesel Power Station, the first of its kind in the world, located at Western Australia&#8217;s Pilbara region at Marble Bar, a place &hellip; 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