How a big new solar farm became a stranded asset
A perfectly good solar farm will be dismantled in 2024 just seven years after its high-profile launch. Bureaucrats insist it was a good use of taxpayers’ money.
Under a blazing sun in outback Western Australia, preparations are under way to remove more than 34,000 solar panels.
They were made to last a quarter of a century, but here at Doolgunna, they’re about to be ripped out of the ground after barely seven years of powering the nearby DeGrussa copper mine.
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