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  <date date="2009-02-03" />
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Coober Pedy Solar Power Station</name>
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        <heading>COOBER PEDY SOLAR POWER STATION</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="631" kind="question">
        <name>Mr HAMILTON-SMITH</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Waite</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2008-09-30" qonNum="119">
            <name>COOBER PEDY SOLAR POWER STATION</name>
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        <text id="20090203fc10c32aa20f4e7ea0000446">119 <by role="member" id="631">Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition)</by> (30 September 2008).  Who are the investors in the Coober Pedy solar power station and how much is being contributed by each?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="634" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. M.D. RANN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Ramsay</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Premier</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Economic Development</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Social Inclusion</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the Arts</name>
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            <name>Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change</name>
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          <question date="2008-09-30" qonNum="119">
            <name>COOBER PEDY SOLAR POWER STATION</name>
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          <by role="member" id="634">The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change):</by>  I have been advised of the following:</text>
        <text id="20090203fc10c32aa20f4e7ea0000448">As outlined in my announcement on 19 February the Coober Pedy Solar Power Station is a $7.1 million project, to which we are contributing $635,000. The Commonwealth is providing $3.55 million under the Remote Renewable Power generation Program.</text>
        <text id="20090203fc10c32aa20f4e7ea0000449">The balance of funds is being provided by Wesfarmers subsidiary Energy Generation Pty Ltd (enGen)—the company with the long term contract with the District Council of Coober Pedy to generate electricity for the Coober Pedy community.</text>
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