Wodonga, VIC invests in a 3-megawatt solar farm to power its sewage treatment plant

Wodonga, VIC Solar Farm Investment Sewage Treatment Plant

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The 10,000-panel farm powers a facility that consumes 25% of the council's energy. Wodonga approved a solar farm with excess capacity to anticipate plant expansion. The water treatment plant will receive surplus solar energy in the meantime. Renewable sources comprised approximately 50% of the energy used in council buildings and facilities when the farm was built. The council is working toward net-zero emissions by 2050.

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