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Two key pieces of infrastructure are being built to support the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) bid and will now have full-scale, clean energy generation systems because of the investment:

The Pawsey High-Performance Computing Centre in Kensington, will now use hot sedimentary aquifers to provide cooling and ventilation in the largest direct heat geothermal demonstrator in Australia at 10 MWth; and

The Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory will now use a full scale solar/storage/diesel energy generation system.

This investment has the potential to cut energy costs by $5 million per year, and reduce Australia’s carbon emissions by 12,000 tonnes per year – the equivalent of taking 6,000 cars off the road. Hosting the SKA will generate significant economic and scientific benefits, particularly to WA, including spin-offs in areas such as supercomputing, data transmission, renewable energy, construction and manufacturing – all of which contribute to a growth in engineering jobs in WA. Construction on the projects is scheduled to commence in November 2010 and support 62 construction jobs.

Excerpt from: The website of Minister Carr, Minister Emerson & Parliamentary Secretary Marles, 9 June 2010