Featured in The quality issue – 04-2018

Large it up Down Under

Australian large-scale solar: From just a handful of large-scale solar PV projects a few years ago, Australia is becoming one of the world’s fastest-growing markets. With a substantial project pipeline, the country is in the box seat to experience a banner year in 2018, with the 2020 Renewable Energy Target now in hand and a new policy taking shape for the period beyond.

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Marija Maisch

14 Jun 2018

The Broken Hill solar plant in New South Wales is a 53 MW project developed by AGL Energy. New South Wales has seen 11 solar farms approved in the past 12 months.

While renowned for boasting the world’s highest rooftop PV penetration per capita, Australia still lags in installed large-scale solar PV capacity against comparable international markets. According to data released by Wiki-Solar, a compiler of utility-scale solar PV deployment data, Australia ranks 24th in the world, with 14 plants bigger than 4 MW at the end of 2017 …

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