Australia will see the very first solar retail program come to fruition in north Queensland’s very sunny town of Cairns. Curtis Pitt (Queensland Minister for Trade and Investment) made the fresh announcement on top of the Stockland Cairns Shopping Centre to the public about the exciting new 1.

Grant Behrendorff, electrical engineer and director of Evolve Energy in Cairns, was a member of the team which developed and built a high quality model for electrifying remote Indian villages using solar power.

When dawn breaks across Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef on November 14, 2012, an eerie silence will replace the usual early morning chatter of birds and animals.

Cairns Solar Industry receives 5 Million Dollar Boost

The world’s largest solar powered ship cruised into Cairns on the weekend.

“In these harsh financial times, most households have dual incomes just to make ends meet after they pay their school fees, mortgages, kid’s sports,” he said.