00:00 These paddocks have fed livestock in the tens of thousands.
00:06 They've been worked by six generations of the O'Connor family, but times are changing.
00:12 We're looking for longevity.
00:14 If we've been here for nearly 200 years, how do we guarantee to try and stay for another 200 years?
00:21 Sheep will share paddocks with 677,000 individual solar panels across 600 hectares.
00:31 It's renewable energy, and so it's important.
00:34 The Northern Midlands Council has just approved a $500 million solar farm development application at Connerville.
00:42 Peak output to the grid will be 288 megawatts, so we'll power about 70,000 homes throughout a year.
00:51 That power can go into the network at the nearby Palmerston substation.
00:56 We've got an ambition to have up to 5 gigawatts of renewables, and that includes onshore solar, onshore wind and offshore wind.
01:04 At the moment Tasmania imports energy during the middle of the day, and a lot of that comes from solar in Victoria.
01:10 The question is, are Tasmanians ready for more renewable energy projects?
01:15 Solar, wind and batteries take up space.
01:19 They can impact local communities.
01:22 They can affect birds and animals.
01:24 Are people locally willing to compromise for a greener future?
01:29 We have an opportunity to create a lot of new renewable energy projects, to export energy,
01:36 to help the rest of Australia and the world tackle climate change.
01:39 But it will require some compromise.
01:41 compromise.
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