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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.
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Solar farms can play a significant role in restoring insect habitats that could mitigate ongoing conflicts over farming land use change.
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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…
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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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CWP Asset Management to provide services to two new Wirsol Energy solar farms in Australia
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