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ARENA rejects Solar Dawn funding, trims large scale PV applicants
ARENA kills final hopes of Solar Dawn solar thermal project, but still in talks with Moree Solar and Infigen/Suntech over solar PV projects. Meanwhile, it releases its funding strategy with a focus on regional Australia, targeting areas where the cost of fossil fuels is already high. -
Ferguson spies a green energy future … and steps on the gas
The government has unwrapped some of the brown paper wrapping around its Energy White Paper, and recognised the potential of solar. But it remains a vision that relies on gas and pretty much business-as-usual – a proposition that even the International Energy Agency finds unacceptable. -
Dumb and dumber energy choices in the wild West
WA has played host to Australia’s first commercial wind farm and its first utility-scale solar farm. Now it’s about to boast a diesel-fired peaking plant that may never be used, but will be paid for by consumers. It’s time to end tokenism and look for smarter market designs. -
Solar Insights: How Australia trails the world in big solar
Australia should be leading the world in Big Solar, but it isn’t. Some of the countries leading the way will surprise. Even the UK is vastly more ambitious. Plus: A look behind the numbers of First Solar and SunPower, and their Australian connections.
