Canberra’s new solar farm plan soon available
Uriarra solar farm company to reveal new plans to residents 666 ABC Canberra 1 Jul 2014 Uriarra residents will this week see the latest plans for a major solar farm near the rural village in Canberra’s west.
The company behind the project, Elementus Energy submitted a new development application (DA) to build a 26,000-panel solar farm near Uriarra Village, to generate enough electricity to power more than 1,400 homes.
It will make its plans public later this week.
A previous application for solar cells to be built on a paddock across the road from houses in Uriarra Valley was rejected last year.
Resident Judy Middlebrook told 666 ABC Canberra that most of the anger about the project was around the closeness of solar panels to residences.
“From reading this, it looks as if he has moved it back 100 metres or so but we won’t know that until the DA is notified,” she said.
“The mood is now let’s wait and see……http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-01/uriarra-solar-farm-company-to-reveal-new-plans-to-residents/5562570
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