South Australia’s last coal-fired power station closed on Monday this week, leaving the state with only gas and wind power generators. The Northern Power Station, in Port Augusta on the northern end of the Spencer Gulf, has joined Playford B – the state’s other coal-fired power station which has already been retired. The coal mine at Leigh Creek that supplied brown coal to the power stations also closed earlier this year, so there is no easy option for re-opening the power stations.
Food manufacturing giant Mars has added more wind power to its renewable energy portfolio – the Moy Wind Farm.
The new 60MW wind farm near the village of Moy in the Highland region of Scotland will generate enough electricity to power all of Mars’ 12 sites in the UK.
The list of gadgets to install in your home has become so extensive that the term smart home has become a mainstream concept. Automation and streamlined technology have taken over as the way of the future for the operation of our homes. There’s no doubt that smart home technology is convenient, innovative and extremely cool, but do these technologies have the potential to make a difference to our carbon footprint and our bank account?
A development application for a change of use of land at Kelsey Creek in Queensland for the purpose of establishing a solar farm has reportedly been approved by Whitsunday Regional Council.
Should the project go ahead, the Kelsey Creek Solar Farm will consist of 192,000 solar panels and ancillary electricity infrastructure.