The future of #Melbourne trams is 100% solar! Our CEO Jeroen Weimar with @yarratrams Rob Robson & @LilyDAmbrosioMP at today’s announcement. pic.twitter.com/Gz4zwj2T8c
— PTV (@ptv_official) January 19, 2017
Our trams will soon be powered by a new solar plant in regional Vic.
Delivering $150 million in new investment & 300 new jobs #springst pic.twitter.com/KNa7UfqfCu— Lily D’Ambrosio MP (@LilyDAmbrosioMP) January 19, 2017
Utilising solar to power the world’s largest tram network means a reduction of more than 80,000 tons of emissions every year #springst pic.twitter.com/laS3svRMuF
— Lily D’Ambrosio MP (@LilyDAmbrosioMP) January 19, 2017
D’Ambrosio, in a statement to media, asserted that the project will not only provide a significant cut in emissions, but will create 300 new jobs and provide more than $150million in new investment to Victoria.
“We will use our purchasing power as a large energy consumer to boost investment in renewables and create new jobs for Victorians.”
“We’re positioning Victoria as a leader in climate change, by reducing emissions and adapting to the impacts.”
The Government will hold an open tender in the first half of this year, with a view to having the solar farms constructed and operation by the end of 2018. With the cancellation of the Mildura Solar Concentrator Power Station, these new solar farms would rate as the largest in the state.
“We won’t be disclosing that figure. We know that [the] cost of solar plant is coming down every single day and we know that we will drive a very competitive process.”
Source: ABC News.
