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Sydney is building the Southern Hemisphere's biggest CBD solar farm

The International Convention Centre Sydney is covering its rooftops with 4,500 solar panels — set to become the largest solar farm in any city centre in the Southern Hemisphere — cutting 2,000 tonnes of carbon a year, like planting a 100,000-tree forest on the roof. Combined with purchased renewable power, the government-owned site will run entirely on green energy.

The upbeat factorA forest's worth of clean air, growing on a convention centre.
✓ Verified · ABC News (via Solar Now) · 2026-09-07 · Australia
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