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  • Queensland’s biggest solar farm starts generating to grid
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    Queensland’s biggest solar farm starts generating to grid

    Sun Metals solar farm – which led the way for corporate Australia to source their own renewable energy needs – switched on in Queensland.
    Giles Parkinson
    May 31, 2018
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  • Sun Metals, MSF Sugar sign up to Queensland “virtual power plant”
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    Sun Metals, MSF Sugar sign up to Queensland “virtual power plant”

    Major industrials Sun Metals and MSF Sugar join state government-led “virtual power plant”, that will draw electricity from customers around the state to bolster supply during peak demand.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Feb 22, 2018
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  • Renewable energy for industry next big thing for Australia, says IEA
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    Renewable energy for industry next big thing for Australia, says IEA

    International Energy Agency says solar, hydro and and wind have enormous potential for use in industrial processes – particularly in places like Australia, where the cost will be $USUS30/MWh.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Nov 9, 2017
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  • Sun Metals says new solar farm will underpin zinc refinery expansion
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    Sun Metals says new solar farm will underpin zinc refinery expansion

    Korean Zinc refiner says 116MW solar plant it’s building near Townsville will underpin the expansion of its north Queensland operations.
    Sophie Vorrath
    May 17, 2017
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  • Australian zinc refinery to build 100MW solar plant
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    Australian zinc refinery to build 100MW solar plant

    Zinc metals producer Sun Metals is to build a 100MW solar PV plant was part of plans to expand its refinery near Townsville, in northern Queensland, in what is a landmark development in the Australian renewable energy landscape.
    Jonathan Gifford
    Jan 6, 2017
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