Environment

SA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTURE

Posted on: Fri 18 Aug 2017

This week, the Weatherill Government announced that a 150 megawatt solar thermal power plant in Port Augusta will be up and running by 2020.

The campaign to achieve this goal was led by climate activists and the Port Augusta community.

To​ ​tell​ ​us​ ​more​ , ​Craig Wilkins​ ​from​ ​Conservation​ ​SA joined Jennie Lenman and Ian Newton in the studio. Republished by Barometer.

Produced by Tom Rohde

Photo by: Wikimedia Commons

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