Asia / Commercial & demonstration

Coober Pedy

Organizations, planners, suppliers, equipment, controls, and reported system specifications—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations2
System facts6
Sources reviewed4
Last researched2026-07-19

Coober Pedy's isolated power system combines wind, solar, diesel generation, battery storage, and dedicated integration technology. EDL built, owns, and operates the renewable hybrid station under the South Australian off-grid system.

Research status
Operational isolated hybrid power system
Historical classification
Commercial & demonstration
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
-29.01324, 134.75448
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.

Project delivery

Who was involved in Coober Pedy?

2 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

EDL

Developer, owner, and operator of the hybrid renewable power station [3]

Organization

Government of South Australia

Off-grid electricity system authority and technical regulator [3][4]

System evidence

Reported capacity and specifications

Values can describe different project phases or components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

Wind generation
Approximately 4 MW (two 2.05 MW turbines in the regulator's equipment schedule) [3][4]
Solar PV
1 MW [3][4]
Battery storage
1 MW / 500 kWh project rating; regulator later reported 600 kWh [3][4]
Diesel generation
Eight 500 kW units [4]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

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Hybrid integration system

EDL

EDL reports proprietary integration technology; the reviewed government pages do not identify a controller model. [3]

Recovered detail

Additional technical notes

Concise system facts recovered from the historical project record. Treat these as historical unless a newer primary source confirms them.

  • Generation

    PV, wind, storage [1]

Provenance

4 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2020-07-05

  2. [2]
    Mart Moppel

    flickr.com · Archived source · captured 2020-07-05

  3. [3]
    Off-grid energy projects — Coober Pedy Renewable Hybrid Project

    Government of South Australia · Primary source

  4. [4]
    Technical Regulator Annual Report 2021–22

    Government of South Australia · Primary source