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Is the solar industry being blindsided by utilities?
If the government wanted to save money from solar incentives, other more effective measures were available to it. The Australian solar industry should be worried, because big utilities are more concerned about the penetration of rooftop solar than they are about the construction of more wind farms.12 -
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. -
Solar industry up in arms over 10-year payback limit
In the decade between 2010 and 2020, Australian homeowners are expected to invest more than $20 billion in rooftop solar installations. Some private forecasts suggest it could be as much as double that. But should these homeowners be limited to a rate of return that is substantially less than that of big utilities investing in fossil fuels or new transmission lines? -
Solar Insights: PV costs set for another 30% fall in 2012
Solar PV costs will fall another 30 per cent in 2012, with some developers able to write offtake agreements of less than 10c/kWh. But while solar becomes competitive with conventional power, it is still a dangerous place for investors. Plus: news from Canadian Solar, solar auctions in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and Japan’s solar surge. -
Solar PV industry licks its wounds as last tariff falls
As the Baillieu government brought down the curtain on the last major feed in tariff, solar companies reported they were awash in red ink. The industry, which now employs 15,000 people, is craving stability, and fair value for energy that householders produce, and export to the grid. They may not get it.
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