Major solar farm project gets started | Country News
WEBAug 22, 2024 · The project, near the Goorambat-Chesney Rd and Spinks Lane area, is expected to be completed in 2026. ENGIE acquired the project from company, Neoen, last year. “The solar farm will make the most of an excellent solar resource and existing transmission infrastructure,” Ms Caspari said. “And …
Winter works put a spring in his step | Country News
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Goulburn-Murray Water has completed a $700,000 remodelling of a 2km section of the channel — cleaning out the silt, removing the weeds and lining the inside with clay and rock. “This will boost food production and make the little water we have after buybacks, more efficient.”. He said young farmers were taking up land served by the ...
Water groups meet Shing | Country News
WEBThe August 23 summit is expected to hear about the alternative Victorian Government plan to deliver environmental outcomes with less impact on agriculture. Organised by the Gouburn Murray Irrigation District Water Leadership Group, the meeting will have close to 100 people attending. “Everyone needs to know that despite what (Federal Water ...
More fiddling - but it’s not for our river | Country News
WEBAug 21, 2024 · More fiddling - but it’s not for our river. Many wetlands like this are being starved of water - by politics. Photo by FiledIMAGE. Of all the seasons, winter on the river is a particularly fine time for dogs. The mornings are brisk, with frost on the grasses and steam rising off the river as the warm water meets the cold air.
Australia’s biggest solar farm gets green light | Country News
WEBAug 22, 2024 · The 12,000-hectare solar farm will be on a former pastoral station near Tennant Creek. The approval by Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek on Wednesday, August 21, includes an 800km transmission line to Darwin and an underwater cable to the end of Australian waters. The project will boost the NT economy as well as elevating Australia ...
Construction starts on Cosgrove solar farm | Country News
WEBBy Geoff Adams. Dec 9, 2022. On the Cosgrove solar farm site (from left) Jared Matthews from Watters Electrical, Green Squares Energy director Ashley Robertson, Bison Energy Australia country director Brendan Murphy and Green Squares director James Garrett. Work has started on the $6 million, five megawatt solar farm at Cosgrove.
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WEBEnergy prices biggest challenge for new Provincial owners. By Andy Wilson . News
Gunbower's Colin ‘Pa’ McGillivray was born to shear
WEBSep 27, 2020 · And curses the old snagger with the blue-bellied ‘Joe.’. IT’S AN Australian classic that began somewhere back in the 1850s, its author lost in time. It began even before Gunbower’s Colin ‘Pa’ McGillivray was born. But it could have been written about him because the octogenarian, who reckons he has about five million shorn sheep ...
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WEBFrosty reception as Victorian Government withdraws funding for chilled food aid
A bit more water | Country News
WEBAug 19, 2024 · By McPherson Media Group. Aug 19, 2024. Drier conditions in recent weeks means there was little additional water to allocate for irrigation farmers in the latest seasonal determinations. As the new irrigation season opened on August 15, the resource manager for northern Victoria announced small increases in the 2024-25 seasonal determinations.