One golden pond: after turning white death into gold on saline land in northern Victoria, entrepreneurs have built an ingeniously simple solar pond that generates cheap heat energy and helps restore salt-laden pastures.

Ecos, October, 2003 by Pyper, Wendy

In collaboration with RMIT University's Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy group, and former environmental engineering company*, Geo-Eng Australia Pty Ltd, Pyramid Salt Ltd is involved in the demonstration and commercialisation of a salt water phenomenon that promises great economic and environmental benefits.

'Solar pond' technology, which uses shallow ponds of saline water to harness solar energy, is expected to replace some of the demand in rural areas for industrial process heat from the natural gas grid, traditionally drawn from fossil fuels. Proponents of the technology say this will lead to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, while the associated fall in fuel costs will offer flow-on benefits for local economic development and job creation....

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