BHP Billiton, Goldman back Australian solar project nestled among banana crops

BHP Billiton, Goldman back Australian solar project nestled among banana crops

Steve Lizzio, owner of Liverpool River Banana farm, inspects bananas in a bunch protection cover on a plant at the farm near Tully, Queensland, Australia, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg

The world’s biggest miner and Wall Street’s top-ranked merger firm are among the high-profile backers of a remote solar project nestled among banana crops in Australia’s far tropical northeast. For  BHP Billiton Ltd., it’s a chance to unlock renewable technology for the global mining sector.

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