Due to an increase in demand for fuel, and the reliability of the sun, Jon decided it was time for a change and to take advantage of the resources he had available to pump the bore water needed to maintain his crops.
“The driving factors behind us installing this diesel solar hybrid system is the cost of diesel. We spend over $300,000 each year in running our irrigation bores and we think with this development we’re going to halve those costs” explains Jon.
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Based in Katherine, Limbunya Station, owned by North Star Pastoral, is located 650km south west of Katherine. The station is 5200 sqkm and runs 37,000 head of Brahman.
Running a station consisting of 5,000 head of client, three and a half hours north of Perth, WA, our client required a reliable source of water using a source of energy regularly available to them.
Roy Hill Mine, located in the Pilbara WA, required multiple pump systems to transfer leachate from sumps to an evaporation pond located 50 metres away.
Located in Tasmania, our client had notice a steady increase in beef prices so saw value in being able to increase the carrying capacity of his property – more water equals more cattle.