Regional employment opportunities abound at JOBEX

The South Australian regions are alive with economic prosperity, and it’s not just South Australians who know it. SolarReserve and OZ Minerals, who have both moved into the state, speak to InDaily about the opportunities they’ll have on show at JOBEX.

Original solar thermal plant shut down for eight months

The company which will build a giant solar thermal power plant near Port Augusta has experienced an eight-month outage at its similar facility in the US – the first to use its “molten salt” technology at such a scale.

The glowing central column of a SolarReserve power plant. Supplied image

SA's big new solar plant: key questions answered

What is a solar thermal power plant? How does it work? How will its output compare to other South Australian generators? Will it bring down power prices? Ketan Joshi answers your questions.

Saving Port Augusta revisited

Two years ago, InDaily travelled to the Nevada desert to learn how a solar thermal power plant was transforming a sleepy, stagnant town. With yesterday’s announcement that the same company is going to build a similar plant near Port Augusta, it’s worth revisiting that prescient article.