news.smh.com.au
January 28, 2010
A Queensland consortium has been launched to bid for $100 million in federal funding for solar energy pilot projects. The consortium includes the Queensland government, energy companies Ergon Energy and Energex, the CSIRO, universities and Korean government-owned electricity giant KEPCO. Energy Minister Stephen Robertson said two key parts of the bid include a solar thermal storage technology pilot project, which captures heat from the sun and stores it for future electricity generation, and a trial of fitting solar photovoltaics to the power grid.
The Queensland Smart Communities bid proposes to build a large scale demonstration Smart Grid-Smart City project in Townsville, with several standalone projects at Zillmere in Brisbane's north and Toowoomba. Mr Robertson said KEPCO's involvement could create green business opportunities in Asia. The federal government will announce the winning bid of its National Energy Efficiency Initiative in April, with funds to be released in July 2010.
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