Australia to build world’s largest solar power plant
It comes as the country struggles with the worst drought it has experienced in living memory and the predictions are global warming will make it even drier.
The Canberra government, under fire for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, will contribute Aus$75 million (€45.27m) to the Aus$420m (€253m) project to built a 154 megawatts solar power plant in Victoria state which will use mirrored panels to concentrate the sun’s rays, Treasurer Peter Costello said.
