Oliver Wagg Brisbane. Australia has given the green light to a project that will involve the world's biggest integration of solar-thermal technology with a coal-fired power station. The A$105m ($110m) Kogan Creek Solar Boost project will add 44MW to the plant's existing 750MW of capacity in peak conditions when it comes on line in 2013.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard confirmed funding to build a solar-energy system on the site of state-owned utility CS Energy's coal-fired power station near Chinchilla, southern Queensland.
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