The company said the 275.4 MWdc of high efficiency modules will be utilised in Green Light Contractors Pty Ltd's Bungala Solar Farm near
Port Augusta, South Australia, which is owned by a joint venture between Enel Green Power and Dutch Infrastructure Fund.
Recycling nuclear waste would create 622-megawatts of "reliable, baseload" energy, more than the
Port Augusta's now defunct Northern coal-fired power station which generated 520MW.
Renewable energy supplies more than one-third of the state's electricity and the community in
Port Augusta wants a solar thermal power station to replace their polluting coal-fired facility.
While the first hour of the film focuses on the Copenhagen process as an example of an unsuccessful top-down response to climate change, the documentary's second half focuses on a bottom-up approach: grassroots community action in the South Australian city of
Port Augusta. The filmmakers' political stance is clear from the outset: this is an activist documentary, designed to inspire its audience into community action.
The round also saw a significant investment in its landmark project in the South Australian desert near
Port Augusta, which Sundrop intends to replicate in the Middle East and North America.
Jon and Pat Phillips arrived in Helston, Cornwall, bearing leaflets, photos and gifts from
Port Augusta.
At the Spencer Gulf, near
Port Augusta in South Australia, Sundrop Farms is turning sunlight and seawater into fresh water and food inside greenhouses.
In the current list, the Balaklava town was followed by other locations like
Port Augusta, Stirling North, Cooper's Creek/Lindon/Myrtle Springs/Witchelina, and Glossop.
The signing yesterday in
Port Augusta of a Native Title Mining Agreement has opened the way for the development of IronClad Mining Limited's (ASX:IFE) Wilcherry Hill iron ore project on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
On July 17, the Adelaide-based Climate Emergency Action Network (CLEAN SA) hosted a forum in
Port Augusta detailing the Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Plan recently launched by Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE).