Big guns turn their sights on solar (in Australia)

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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24171373-5013408,00.html

Big guns turn their sights on solar

MARTIN COLLINS: John Durie | August 13, 2008

RIO's Tom Albanese, BHP Billiton's Marius Kloppers, Fortescue's Andrew Forrest and Wesfarmers' Richard Goyder don't always back the same horse, but as clients of John Grill at Worley Parsons they have agreed to fund a plan to build a massive solar power plant in Australia.

The mere concept of Albanese, Kloppers and Forrest at the same table may seem incongruous in view of some things they have said about each other, but on the potential for solar power they seem prepared to give it a try.

Grill's Worley colleague Peter Meurs, the person behind the EcoNomics project, is the mastermind behind the venture, which at this stage is in the midst of pre-feasibility work on the concept of a massive 250-megawatt solar powered electricity generator in Australia.

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The bottom line: more blue-chip companies are combining to see how Australia can get better sources of renewable power, and that is certainly worth encouraging.

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