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Karoonda Council, South Australia, considering floating solar plant

Floating solar power plant mooted for Karoonda to power waste management pump station http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-30/floating-solar-power-plant-mooted-for-karoonda/6899436  The District Council of Karoonda-East Murray says it will look into the possibility of a floating solar power plant at Karoonda in South Australia’s Murray-Mallee region.

Council CEO Peter Smithson said the floating solar plant would provide power for the waste management pump station next to the stormwater dam.

A similar plant is already operating at Jamestown in the state’s mid-north.

Mr Smithson said the council had committed to undertake further due diligence about the green power opportunity.

“We’ve been approached by a company about the possibility of a solar generating power plant at Karoonda which would provide power to our CWMS [Community Wastewater Management System] pumps,” he said.

“We’ve gone and looked at Jamestown.

“There’s quite a long resolution because it really details the fact that there’s no capital outlay by council and it really looks at the fact that we’ve done due diligence and we’ve asked the company to come and address the next council meeting.

October 31, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | solar, South Australia