New $400 million solar farm for Port Augusta.

European energy giant Enel to build $400m solar plant in Port Augusta http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/european-energy-giant-enel-to-build-400m-solar-plant-in-port-augusta/news-story/94dfb0cd8 Adam Langenberg, Political reporter, The Advertiser, October 9, 2017 EUROPEAN energy giant Enel has received final approval for a $400 million solar farm on the outskirts of Port Augusta.

Enel and the Dutch Infrastucture Fund plan to have the 275MW facility — which is already under construction — operating on Bungala Aboriginal Corporation land, in early 2019.

The company expects about 200 jobs to be created during the construction period — which will see 860,000 solar panel built across 585 hectares.

Enel Green Power head Antonio Cammisecra said Bungala Solar would be the first step towards the company becoming a “key player” in Australia’s renewable energy industry.“The project marks the first step of our growth strategy in a country which boasts such an abundant resource base and whose renewable capacity is expected to surge in the next years,” Mr Cammisecra said.

October 9, 2017 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | solar, South Australia

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Comment by pvcann | October 9, 2017 | Reply
585 hectare of land cleared for 275 MW of electricity. This amounts to about 25metre x 25metre for 10kW; that is roughly what an average existing house roof can supply. Is this a good idea?

Do we want centralised, corporate controlled, electricity generation or distributed, consumer controlled, electricity generation?

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Comment by Dennis Matthews | October 11, 2017 | Reply

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