Featured in Rising above – 11-2011

The ups-and-downs of PV Down Under

Australia: With vast open-cut coal mines next to big power plants, large mining endeavors and vast distances between population centers, there should be little surprise that Australia continues to be one of the worlds worst greenhouse-gas emitters. However with an environment and mindset that favors photovoltaics (PV), the country appears to be at a juncture between its polluting past and a cleaner PV future.

By

Jonathan Gifford

31 Oct 2011

On June 10, Michael Goldsworthy stood proudly at the Australian Parliament building in Canberra. His company, Silex Solar Ltd., had supplied 230 Australian-made solar panels worth 43 kilowatts (kW) to the seat of power on the island nation. The installation, located on the roof of the gardener’s compound and Senate wing of the parliament, looks …

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