The largest solar panel array at the St Lucia campus, University of Queensland

The University of Queensland will soon bask in the sun’s glory, with the largest solar panel array in the whole of Australia, to be set up at the St Lucia campus. Costing around $7.75 million, this project will save up on around 1750 tons of greenhouse gases annually. This solar array will cover up an area as big as a rugby field and a half.

According to physicist Paul Meredith, the project is part of a large scale overhaul of the university’s campuses to have them use renewable energy. With, %1.5 million invested by the government in this project, Australia will soon have more of its campuses go green with renewable energy. Taken that Australia has an extent of open spaces, wind energy harvesting could be up for grabs too!
[Heraldsun]