Remote Queensland town to make transition from diesel to solar | Pacific Beat | ABC Radio Australia

11 Jun 2014
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Updated 22 May 2014, 12:46 AEST

Many remote communities around Australia are totally reliant on costly diesel fuel to provide the electricity that most take for granted.

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Completion of the solar plant in the mining town of Weipa will be the first time large scale solar generation will supply a remote industrial town. (Credit: ABC)
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But the far north Queensland mining town of Weipa is adding solar energy to the mix, in what’s being called an Australian first.

Remote Queensland town to make transition from diesel to solar | Pacific Beat | ABC Radio Australia.