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Australia’s First Commercial Diesel Displacement Solar Plant Starts Operation

PV project supplies renewable energy to remote mining operation.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

First Solar, Inc., Rio Tinto and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced that Australia’s first commercial diesel displacement solar plant has successfully commenced commercial operation at a remote mine. The Weipa Solar Plant will generate electricity for Rio Tinto’s Weipa bauxite mine, processing facilities and township on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.   The solar plant is expected to produce an average of 2800 megawatt hours of electricity per ye...

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