A major greenhouse development will see the use of solar-thermal technology to desalinate seawater to provide irrigation and to heat and cool a greenhouse at Sundrop Farms.
It was announced late last week that the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Sundrop Farms had signed an in-principle agreement for CEFC to co-finance the development.
The agreement will see Sundrop Farms build a 20 hectare greenhouse facility which will produce more than 15,000 tonnes of tomatoes a year for metropolitan markets across Australia.