Sustainability Magazine January 2020 | Page 89

CLICK TO WATCH : ‘ CNBC – THE RISE OF SOLAR POWER ’ 89 have found their days to be numbered . While this shift towards renewable energy facilities is a boon for the environment , the resultant job losses and need for reskilling workforces must be addressed with the same potency as the aforementioned infrastructural challenges . Enter : Solis RE .
Co-founded by Arthur and long-time business colleague Michael Bugelly , also an Executive Director at the firm , Solis RE is shaking up the established methods by which Australian renewable energy projects take shape . “ A lot
of people have built big solar farms in the sunniest parts of Victoria , the sunniest parts of Australia up in Queensland , but they don ’ t have the infrastructure to support it and they don ’ t have the energy demand close to where they ’ re based . Therefore , you have to transmit the power over hundreds , if not thousands , of kilometres , and you lose energy all the way along that transmission line ,” Arthur explains . With this awareness at the top of the company , Solis RE focuses on areas where there is tangible need and
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