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GLOBAL RENEWABLES ONLINE - MAY/JUNE 2012
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Attract, retain and support en-
ergy intensive manufacturing and
industrial jobs
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Improve local air quality, environ-
mental impact and carbon foot-
print
SkyMining has been working
with regional communities to develop
rooftop and standalone generation for
their community buildings, residents
and businesses. The company says
that they “are strong proponents of
working with energy companies and
governments to introduce physical and
virtual net metering at prices that re-
flect the infrastructure and daily peak
matching benefits of solar.”
REMOTE INDUSTRY
Resources and agriculture are
both a core part of Australian identity
and drivers of its export-led economy.
However, many pay extremely high
energy costs due to their remote, and
often off-grid locations. Global oil
price volatility, long term shortages
and transport costs combine to keep
diesel generation among the highest-
cost sources of energy.
At the same time, customers,
shareholders, government and the gen-
eral public are expecting increasingly
sustainable practices to ensure these
industries retain their ‘right to oper-
ate’.
SkyMining offers off grid solar
PV that can be combined with diesel
generators in a hybrid system that
ensures continued access to energy in
all conditions for mission critical pro-
duction activities, while lowering fuel
costs. The company offers PV mod-
ules that are outback tested, and can
build and operate the system to allow
customers to a low, or no investment
option to keep cash for other capital
works.
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
Commercial and manufacturing
buildings are large users of electricity
and often offer a rare urban opportu-
nity to house distributed energy right
on their own roof. Corporate tenants,
and their employees and customers,
are increasingly looking for sustainable
power solutions as a key design crite-
ria in choosing their buildings.
SkyMining has experience install-
ing solar power on some of Australia’s
largest commercial buildings, and of-
fers solutions for different building
envelope shapes and tailored to energy
requirements.
For more information visit www.sky-
mining.com.au.
SKY MINING