It is a quiet town in northern Victoria with a population of fewer than 5,000 people, but Numurkah packs a powerful punch.
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| An aerial view of the solar farm at Numurkah in northern Victoria. |
The town, just north of Shepparton, is home to a massive solar farm that will soon generate enough electricity to power Melbourne's entire tram network.
A 128-megawatt Numurkah Solar Farm took less than a year to build at a cost of $198 million.
It will utilise more than 300,000 panels spread across 500 hectares once used for grazing cattle and sheep to supply 100 per cent renewable energy to offset the tram network.
The carbon emission reduction generated by the farm is the equivalent of taking 75,000 cars off the road or planting 390,000 trees, according to the Victorian Government.
Read the ABC News story by Rhiannon Tuffield - “Victorian solar farm to generate enough electricity to power Melbourne's entire tram network.”
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