RenewEconomy: An application for development approval of a 300 MW single axis tracking solar PV power plant - the Bungala Solar Project - to be built approximately 7 km north-east of the South Australian city of Port Augusta was submitted by start-up renewables outfit Reach Solar in September. The idea for the grid-connected solar plant - which is neither unique, nor by any means the only solar project proposed for the region - is that it will draw on the skilled local workforce and existing transmission infrastructure, both of which are "underutilised" since the April closure of the 760 MW coal-fired Flinders and Playford power stations. "The project will draw on both these valuable local assets and its development and operation," the application says. As it happens, Reach knows a thing or two about the transition from fossil fuels to renewables, with most of its executive team - and particularly founding CEO Tony Concannon - having already made the journey from coal to solar. Concannon, who with ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...