One golden pond.

This article focuses on a solar pond in Victoria, that generates cheap heat energy and helps restore salt-laden pastures. It uses a "Solar pond" technology, which uses shallow ponds of saline water to harness solar energy. This technology 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. Moreover, solar ponds can be readily integrated with salinity mitigation schemes aimed at returning salt-affected land to productive use.