The NT government has approved the development of a 25 MW solar PV plant near Katherine. Once completed, this Northern Territory solar farm will be the Territory’s largest to date. It’s the first in a number of large-scale Northern Territory solar projects under consideration in the NT under Labor’s 50 per cent renewable energy target.
The largest solar project in the southern hemisphere is well under way in South Australia. The first stage of the Bungala solar farm has been completed north-east of Port Augusta. The subsequent completion of stage two will then see the 300 MW solar PV farm cover an area close to the size of Melbourne’s CBD.
Renewables like wind and solar power must replace coal by 2050 to prevent carbon emissions pushing a global temperature increase above 1.5°C. That’s the finding of a report released yesterday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Strata dwellers are missing out on the financial benefits offered by Victoria’s Solar Homes program. That’s the message from a forum hosted by the We Live Here lobby group in Melbourne. The group lobbies for residents living in high-density areas including strata titles like apartment buildings.