The installation for the Department of Justice hass an array of 200 solar panels, each with a generating capacity of 32 kilowatts.

The installation is part of a fully automated power station built at the DoJ’s Close Way premises, used as a work camp.

The installation will reduce the facility’s dependence on a diesel generator and is expected to save about 30,000 litres of diesel and 89 tonnes of greenhouse gases each year.

All of the solar panels and electrical conversion equipment has been made in Australia, according to Outback Energy.

Before installation, an energy efficiency review was conducted at the site, with an overhaul of the work camps lighting and air-conditioning carried out to maximize energy savings.

The work camp is on the site of an old mining company office complex, and Outback Energy said the technology could easily be applied to similar sites.

Outback Energy said the solar installation followed its award winning wind/solar installation at the WA/South Australian border for the Department of Agriculture, which is said to be saving $60,000 per year.