Silex Systems: Nuclear company involved in Mildura solar plant
“It will build on Silex’s large-scale demonstration photovoltaic solar project planned for near Mildura which is being supported by a $50 million government grant.”
Mildura’s $100m solar project – Weekly Times Now, Andrew Mole | September 22, 2010 “…..The city which brags about having more sunshine than Queensland’s Sunshine Coast will now be home to Australia’s largest solar power station. Premier John Brumby was in Sunraysia yesterday to announce the government would back a bid by energy company TRUenergy to develop a major solar plant south of Mildura with $100 million for renewable energy.
Mr Brumby said TRUenergy’s proposal to build the Mallee Solar Park – which would create 200 jobs during construction and 20 permanent jobs – is expected to annually deliver 345 gigawatt hours of clean electricity, generating enough power to run 60,000 homes each year…………
Under TRUenergy’s proposal a photovoltaic plant will almost certainly be built on the preferred 600ha site about 10km south of Mildura, with construction by Bovis Lend Lease in four stages between 2012 and 2015……
“This project will use the latest in solar photovoltaic technology, utilising flat-plate, thin film photovoltaic panels which will be made by First Solar, a US-based company,” Mr Batchelor said.
“It will build on Silex’s large-scale demonstration photovoltaic solar project planned for near Mildura which is being supported by a $50 million government grant.”
Antinuclear 
What does “build on” mean? I see a TRU project using First Solar’s modules. What does this have to do with Silex’s old project? TRU pulled out of that and is now doing this one. As far as I see, the Silex project is dead.
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