It seems Victoria is getting closer to clean energy and sustainable development. If the last time is Wind power, solar energy this time!
This is a piece of hard news about Victoria's attempt to host Australia's largest solar power station. The government has settled 100 million dollars in it. The scheme will increase electricity supply in Victoria and create jobs. Now it is expecting to win the Federal government’s flagships program which values 1.5 billion dollars.
The successes of the article are the authority, the timeliness and the importance. Firstly, the interviewees are Premier John Brumby, Energy Minister of Victoria Peter Batchelor and of Western Australia Peter Collier, which make the news reliable. Secondly, as the situation of resource exhaust and climate change caused by increasing energy consumption, ordinary people have also noticed the importance of saving energy and developing clean energy. The importance of this article is to show the government’s determination and commitment to solve the problem. It also has a function of propagation, to encourage other states to finalized renewable energy programs. Lastly, the article is published on the day the news happened. This shows the advantage of online media which is delivering information instantly while the news happens.
The article has a video and a picture attached to help readers to understand and attract them. The picture is a solar panel which looks like a satellite. The video shows the government’s support to the scheme. It also contains some different opinions such as considerations of the influence of solar station to agriculture. This makes the news be not one-sided. It supplies entire information to the audiences. Overall, the journalist used multi methods to provide fresh meaningful news to the readers, informing them and monitoring the government in solving the climate change issue.
For more information of the news, check out the following website:
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/energy-smart/massive-solar-energy-plant-scores-100m-funding-20100921-15kow.html
