CBH Group installs solar power facilities at three grain receival sites in West Australia

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A grain handling company CBH Group has installed solar power facilities at three grain receival sites in West Australia for $1.2 million. With the installation of solar power facilities the company aims to reduce electricity bills.

CBH is also building a $600,000 carport with solar panel on top near its news office at Geraldton port.

The company spends about $2 million per year for power at the power terminal , but CBH Geraldton Port Zone manager Duncan Gray to ABC  said the solar panels would reduce the power bill by 10 per cent.

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He said "tere's about 550 panels in the whole structure. I'm told it generates about 150 kilowatts, which I'm told in science terms is a fair bit."

The company expects its solar power plant to be connected to the grid by the end of May.