Solar farm adds to power mix MOTORISTS on EastLink may have seen Melbourne Water’s sign, pictured, advertising a proposed solar farm at the Eastern Treatment Plant, Bangholme. The farm is one of the many ways the authority says it is adapting its operations to “prepare for a changing climate, reducing our own carbon emissions and generating more renewable energy”. The Eastern Treatment Plant, opened in 1975, treats about 330 million litres of sewage a day – about 40 per cent of Melbourne’s total. It already makes biogas that provides about 30 per cent of the energy needed to run the plant each year; the proposed solar farm will produce a further 10 per cent. Solar, along with hydropower and bioelectricity, will take the plant a step closer towards halving its emissions by 2025 and, hopefully, reducing them to net zero by 2030. Works to prepare for the solar farm on Melbourne Water land south of Thompson Road and east of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway began last year and a contract was awarded to Beon Energy Solutions. Construction is expected to begin in coming months.
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A potential second solar farm will be built at the Winneke Water Treatment Plant, Christmas Hills. Both solar farm projects are still in the design and planning stages, however the Eastern Treatment Plant farm has been approved and is further developed in its design.
Help with accessing online courses THE Wallara organisation and Hire Up have joined forces to help people with disabilities access online classes. Hire Up’s on-call carers can also provide respite for carers "What this has done is make sure that no one is left behind, whether it is during a snap lockdown or business as usual, disability doesn't disappear overnight,” former Paralympian and online coach, Don Elgin said. He described Hire Up as the "uber of disability support, but you get to pick your own NDIS qualified driver”. The scheme being national was
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