www.abc.net.au
Fri Aug 7, 2009
A Sunshine Coast residents' group is pushing for a $200 million solar thermal power station to be built in the region within five years. The Powerlines Action Group Eumundi is proposing the solar plant as an alternative to the Queensland Government's plan for high voltage powerlines in the area. Group coordinator Graham Smith says it is working with an energy retailer to develop the project which would provide clean power. "I think now there is a willingness, there is an awareness of climate change," he said. "The fact that the council was voted in [with a] massive majority on a sustainability mandate, I think it shows people are really keen to do things in a different way, as long as it's commercially viable and as long as it's done sustainably."
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