Australia now has its first state run on 100 per cent renewable electricity

Solar and wind-generated power is at the heart of the ACT’s new strategy - and it’s keeping local farmers happy too.

More than 7,000 solar panels line the landscape at one of the ACT’s four solar farms. Source: SBS News

From 1 January 2020, the Australian Capital Territory achieves something no other Australian state or territory has.

“The ACT will officially be powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity”, the territory’s climate change minister Shane Rattenbury tells SBS News.

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