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  • Solar farms reduce water stress, improve soils and plant growth, new study finds
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    Solar farms reduce water stress, improve soils and plant growth, new study finds

    In what should be good news for Australia, new research finds solar panels in paddocks may alleviate water stress, improve soil moisture levels, and increase plant growth by around 20 per cent or more.
    Joshua S Hill
    Jun 4, 2025
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  • Solar farms and native grasses create pollinator havens and boost biodiversity, study finds
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    Solar farms and native grasses create pollinator havens and boost biodiversity, study finds

    Solar farms can play a significant role in restoring insect habitats that could mitigate ongoing conflicts over farming land use change.
    Rachel Williamson
    Jan 22, 2024
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  • Proposed solar farms could meet the RET single-handed
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    Proposed solar farms could meet the RET single-handed

    That’s great news for the Australian solar industry, but points to the RET being dramatically oversubscribed. Which raises a few questions…
    Warwick Johnston
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  • Australian solar database – 161 projects, and 19GW of capacity
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    Australian solar database – 161 projects, and 19GW of capacity

    New database launched by RenewEconomy and Sunwiz shows 161 large scale solar projects completed or in the pipeline, representing some 19GW of potential capacity.
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    Jan 23, 2018
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  • Two major new solar farms in SE Queensland going ahead
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    Two major new solar farms in SE Queensland going ahead

    ESCO Pacific and Elliott Advisers (UK) Ltd. (“Elliott”) are pleased to announce the successful financial close of the 98MW Susan River Solar Farm and 75MW Childers Solar Farm.
    ESCO Pacific
    Jan 23, 2018
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  • CWP Asset Management to provide services to two new Wirsol Energy solar  farms in Australia
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    CWP Asset Management to provide services to two new Wirsol Energy solar farms in Australia

    The 110MW Wemen Solar Farm in Victoria and the 89MW Clermont Solar Farm in Queensland reached financial close yesterday, and will commence construction in January 2018.
    CWP Renewables
    Dec 18, 2017
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  • Australia’s big energy switch: from coal and gas to wind and solar
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    Australia’s big energy switch: from coal and gas to wind and solar

    Australia’s electricity mix to shift rapidly from coal and gas to wind and solar, predicts Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Households play a critical role, but the key to their scenario may be the success of the current renewable energy target.
    Giles Parkinson
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  • UK energy minister: solar farms not welcome in UK

    UK energy minister: solar farms not welcome in UK

    Solar farms are “are not particularly welcome in the UK,” according to recent reports.
    James Ayre
    Nov 17, 2014
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  • WA government says no to new renewable energy

    WA has indicated it would prefer to subsidise wind farms and solar installations in the eastern seaboard, rather than building new ones in its own state. That is so it can protect the interests of incumbent fossil fuel interests, including those paid to build generation plant which will never be switched on.
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    LanzaTech attracts Malaysian investors; GE promotes solar/wind farms, Ceramic sales in Germany, green light for Acciona $400m wind farm
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    Jan 23, 2012
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    Solar farms create pollinator havens, says study

    The role solar farms can play in restoring insect habitats could mitigate ongoing conflicts over farming land use change.
    Rachel Williamson
    Jan 1, 1970
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