Could this tiny town in the Northern Territory hold the key to Australia's energy future?

The Jabiru Hybrid Power Plant generates 50 per cent renewable energy.  (Supplied: EDL)

For decades in the tiny town of Jabiru, air conditioners, lights, TVs and fridges would be cut off multiple times a week – sometimes multiple times a day.

Often the black-outs would last a few minutes, but sometimes they lasted hours.