Rottnest Island is about 20 kilometres off the coast from Perth and has its own diesel fuelled power station which supplies electricity to the popular holiday accommodation and tourist services on the island.

A new power station is being built incorporating a single 600kW wind turbine, two 320kW LLD^TM generators. The wind turbine was installed in December 2004. Work on the new power station will be undertaken during 2005.

Excess wind energy will be used to power a water desalination plant. Diesel fuel savings of 37% are expected. In addition there will be fewer fuel deliveries to this sensitive and highly valued environment, decreasing the risk of fuel spillages.