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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Remote community solar project to cut diesel and bills | Mind Blowing Facts

An Aboriginal community will lead a solar power project to create jobs and clean energy. (Lucy Hughes Jones/AAP PHOTOS)

A landmark solar power project to be owned and operated by a remote Aboriginal community will remove reliance on diesel generators, reduce electricity bills and provide local jobs.

The Borroloola community's Ngardara Solar Microgrid project in the Northern Territory was on Thursday awarded $8.4 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

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