Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development Simon Corbell announced recently that Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV)
The facility will be built 25km south of the Canberra CBD on the Monaro Highway in the vicinity of Royalla and have about 83,000 PV panels and generate enough electricity to supply approximately 4,500 Canberra homes. Construction of the solar farm is planned for 2013 and set to be completed in 2014.
Minister Corbell explained that the project would create around 50 jobs during construction and bring an approximate reduction of 560,000 tonnes of carbon emissions over the 20-year life of the project.
“The delivery of this nation leading project sets the scene for the ACT to start meeting its greenhouse gas reduction targets of 40% by 2020 and to become a carbon neutral city in 2060,” Minister Corbell said.