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The outlook for PV power plants Down Under

Australia: Popular with the public, generating local jobs, and fueling growth in manufacturing: Theres every reason utility scale PV should be a no-brainer in the Sunburnt Country. So why are there so few new projects on the horizon?

By

Jonathan Gifford

01 Oct 2014

On a blustery winter’s day, shortly after midday, a little over 23 kms (14.3 miles) from the Australian capital city of Canberra, Spanish and Australian dignitaries gathered to open Australia’s largest PV power plant. The 20 MW Royalla Solar Farm may not be vast in terms of scale, but it did become the largest operating …

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