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Image: Doug Scouller – Normanton Solar Farm
Houses and businesses in the Normanton area of Queensland’s Gulf Savannah region will soon be primarily powered by electricity produced by the Normanton Solar Farm.
Image: Doug Scouller – Normanton Solar Farm
Houses and businesses in the Normanton area of Queensland’s Gulf Savannah region will soon be primarily powered by electricity produced by the Normanton Solar Farm.
Image: Windlab
Construction is set to begin on the $160 million Kennedy Energy Park; the first large scale solar power, wind and battery hybrid project to be connected to the grid in Australia.
UQ’s recently released Sustainability Scorecard 2016 reveals the University generated more than 8.8 million kilowatt-hours of electricity from its 47,000+ solar panels last year.
Solar panels lifted onto the roof of USQ Springfield’s Building B
Stage two of University of Southern Queensland’s Sustainable Energy Solution project is well under way, with solar panels being installed on rooftops at USQ’s Springfield and Ipswich campuses.
Another major solar energy facility approved for the Western Downs
Western Downs Regional Council has approved development of another large solar farm in its region – this one a Shell Australia project.
Daydream + Hayman Solar Farm = 2 million solar panels | Image: First Solar
Interconnection agreements have been finalised for Edify Energy’s Daydream and Hayman Solar Farms, which will be connected to Powerlink’s 275kV network near Collinsville in Queensland.
Solar farm image: junilly, CC BY 3.0
The Palaszczuk Government says its Renewables 400 initiative will support companies wanting to build large scale renewables and energy storage projects in the state through a reverse auction process.
Equis Energy’s Wandoan South Solar Project Approved
The massive Wandoan South Solar Project, which could become the largest operating solar farm in Australia, has been granted approval to proceed by Western Downs Regional Council.
Leanne Linard MP And Assistant Commissioner Brian Wilkins | Image : QPS
Solar panels to be rolled out on the rooftops of 40 police stations in Queensland will put a dent in QPS’s $13.5 million (and rising) annual electricity spend.
Soon to be home to 540,000 solar panels – Image: Genex Power
Phase One of the Kidston Solar Project (KSP1) remains on budget and on track for first electricity generation in the final quarter of this year according to the project’s developer, Genex Power.
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