Solar power future

By Chris Davidson
Updated May 23 2017 - 10:09am, first published May 18 2017 - 3:30pm
Classic dolerite dyke: Great Eastern Highway near Mount Helena. 160 million year old black dolerite rock being squeezed up through the 2.8 billion year old grey granite when India separated from WA, creating a north-south ridge.
Classic dolerite dyke: Great Eastern Highway near Mount Helena. 160 million year old black dolerite rock being squeezed up through the 2.8 billion year old grey granite when India separated from WA, creating a north-south ridge.

With an endless supply of sunlight in towns like Northam and factories in China ramping up massive production of cheap photovoltaic panels of good quality, there is an area of opportunity opening for intensive agriculture in the Avon wheatbelt.

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