Jay Weatherill’s government says 150 megawatt plant will be biggest of its kind in the world and create about 700 jobsA proposed solar thermal power plant in South Australia’s mid-north has been contracted to supply all the state government’s power needs. “Solar thermal in Port Augusta means jobs for regional South Australia,” he said. “It means zero emissions baseload power.”The South Australian premier, Jay Weatherill, said the solar thermal plant was “the biggest of its kind in the world”. Solar Reserve has a track record in solar thermal, already operating the 110MW Crescent Dunes project in Nevada and recently announcing a 450MW tower for Chile. But Dr Matthew Stocks, a research fellow in the research school of engineering at the Australian National University, said solar thermal also had limits.

Source: The Guardian August 14, 2017 07:07 UTC