{"id":5697,"date":"2017-02-20T13:40:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T03:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=5697"},"modified":"2017-02-20T13:40:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T03:40:14","slug":"victorias-first-large-scale-solar-farms-to-begin-construction-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/victorias-first-large-scale-solar-farms-to-begin-construction-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria’s first large-scale solar farms to begin construction in April"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Three solar farms, with a combined output of 320 megawatts, are scheduled to be up and running by 2018 in the northwest Victorian towns of Yatpool, Iraak and Wemen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Running at peak capacity, that’s enough electricity to power Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo all at the same time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
According to The Age work on the $500 million project is set to begin in April, and will create 200 jobs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It’s about god-damn time. Australia, one of the world’s sunniest countries, has jack-shit to show when it comes to solar and its implementation as a legitimate clean<\/em> power source. Our largest to date is a\u00a0poultry 102 megawatt installation in\u00a0Nyngan, NSW, run by AGL.<\/p>\n
We should be building these all over the country and big power providers should\u00a0jump on to stay relevant before becoming the taxi\u00a0industry\u00a0to today’s Uber.<\/p>\n