Bendigo Sustainability Group wants farmers so it can power about 500 homes in the region

Tom O'Callaghan
Updated June 11 2019 - 5:33pm, first published June 10 2019 - 3:25pm
Chris Weir says solar farms like the one a Bendigo group wants to build could one day account for 10 to 15 per cent of the energy market. Picture Darren Howe
Chris Weir says solar farms like the one a Bendigo group wants to build could one day account for 10 to 15 per cent of the energy market. Picture Darren Howe

ABOUT 500 homes could be powered by the sun if the search for the right patch of farmland is successful.

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Tom O'Callaghan

Tom O'Callaghan

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