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OKIsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-24-08 05:55 PM
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More solar power for Victoria
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23270459-2862,00.html

More solar power for Victoria

Article from: AAP

February 25, 2008 09:29am

CONSTRUCTION of a solar electricity plant big enough to power 45,000 homes in Victoria each year now has the green light to start.

The project has been made possible after a $285 million commitment from an electricity retailer.

Solar Systems, a private Melbourne-based company, will develop the $420 million plant on a number of sites, which are yet to be confirmed, across the Mildura and Swan Hill regions in northern Victoria.

Victorian electricity retailer TRUenergy has invested $40 million to take a 20 per cent ownership in Solar Systems and will also invest up to $285 million in the plant, which will connect to the national electricity grid.

Solar Systems says the station will generate 270,000 megawatts of electricity every year, enough to meet the annual needs of more than 45,000 homes, without generating any greenhouse gas emissions.

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Is it just the language barrier? Or is that sub-head really poorly written?
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