Tuesday 29 May 2012

Solar farm scrapped

www.brisbanetimes.com.au
24 May 2012

The Queensland government has pulled funding for a solar farm in the state's northwest to save money. Minister for Energy Mark McArdle today said the government had withdrawn its financial support for the Cloncurry Solar Farm to save Queenslanders about $5.6 million. Solar company Ingenero Pty Ltd won the tender to build the Cloncurry Solar Farm last December. The Bligh government had promised it $5.7 million in support for the project, but Mr McArdle said the contract had always allowed the government to withdraw at any time. He said the decision to pull funding was about getting the state's finances back on track. "These are savings which will benefit all Queenslanders rather than localised climate initiatives", Mr McArdle said today. It was up to the private sector to decide whether to invest in such projects, he added. Last week the government offered payouts to 30 public servants in its Office of Climate Change amid plans to wind back the state's climate change initiatives.

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