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Marble Bar Microgrid

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

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations4
System facts9
Sources reviewed3
Last researched2026-07-19

Horizon Power's isolated Marble Bar power system combines diesel generation, tracked solar PV, and ABB flywheel stabilization under ABB's Microgrid Plus controls.

Research status
Operational; integrated system commissioned in 2010
Historical classification
Commercial & demonstration
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
-21.17143, 119.74352
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.
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Project delivery

Who was involved in Marble Bar Microgrid?

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

Organization

ABB

Microgrid controls and flywheel technology supplier [2]

Organization

Australian Government Remote Renewable Power Generation Program

Capital grant program [3]

Organization

Government of Western Australia

Government project participant [2]

Organization

Horizon Power

Customer, system manager, and flywheel owner [2][3]

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.

KW Solar
300 [1]
KW Gas/Diesel
1280 [1]
Storage
500 kW Flywheel [1]
Diesel generation
4 × 320 kW (1.28 MW total) [2][3]
Solar PV
300–302 kW tracked array [2][3]
Flywheel
500 kW ABB PowerStore [2][3]

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.

01

Microgrid control system

ABB — Microgrid Plus

Coordinates the PV, diesel generators, and grid-stabilizing flywheel. [2]

02

Flywheel grid stabilization

ABB — PowerStore

500 kW flywheel used for power quality and system stability. [2][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, diesel, storage [1]

Provenance

3 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 2020-07-06

  2. [2]
  3. [3]
    Renewable Energy in the Australian Mining Sector — case study appendix

    Australian Renewable Energy Agency · Primary source

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