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Solar takes the lion’s share

During August 2018, Australia passed an important landmark in its renewable energy project pipeline, writes Ben Willacy, Senior Analyst at Rystad Energy. The local renewable energy sector now has 300 utility-scale solar operations and projects at various stages of completion, reflecting a remarkable expansion in renewable project development.
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Panels at the 53 MW Broken Hill Solar Plant in New South Wales, completed in 2015. Recent developments in the utility-scale segment have considerably altered the risk proposition for solar in Australia, says Rystad Energy’s Ben Willacy. | Image: Jeremy Buckingham

At the time of writing, we have more than 520 solar, wind, and storage projects in our SERA Tracker database, and this pipeline continues to expand rapidly, as it has from the day we launched the service back in October 2016.A total of 300 utility-scale solar projects now make up the majority of Australian renewable developments, reflecting …

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