The Darling Downs area of Queensland has always been productive, from fields of green crops, to the fields of wind turbines and solar farms.
“Dulacca is one of a growing number of Australian renewables projects now owned by UK-based renewables giant Octopus, and has a long-term offtake deal with Queensland government-owned utility CleanCo.”The wind farm is the most recent in a string of renewable projects being built along the Warrego Highway, which runs from Toowoomba through to Charleville. It is part of the displacement of coal mining in the area.
Crops can grow around wind turbines and sheep can graze around solar panels. That’s one nice benefit of the transition to clean energy.The Queensland University of Technology has developed abetween Miles and Chinchilla.
“The 165 MW solar farm located in Columboola, 335 km north-west of Brisbane, will reduce QUT annual carbon emissions by 20,000 tonnes. The Columboola Solar Farm will feature solar technology such as bifacial panels that absorb light from both the front and the back, and single axis trackers that follow the sun.”
It is a win for the environment, the Queensland government’s clean energy targets, and the local farmers. We have the technology to write a greener future and it is being
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