23 July 2010 John Grimes, CEO Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) Website: www.auses.org.au Email: CEO@auses.org.au The Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) says the Gillard Government’s ‘cash for clunkers’ program has thrown the future of Australia’s solar industry hard into reverse. The solar industry is stunned to learn that $220m will be pulled from the Solar Flagships program to pay for the Gillard government’s $2,000 cash for clunkers scheme. “Why would you rip the hea…
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Cash for Clunkers puts Solar into Reverse
Little Opportunity for Big Solar
By admin on July 22, 2010
22 July 2010 John Grimes, CEO Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) Website: www.auses.org.au Email: CEO@auses.org.au The Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) was hoping today’s election announcement by Prime Minister Gillard on climate change would contain a roadmap for making big solar in Australia a reality. Australia has an unprecedented opportunity to build a big solar future, as we have the world’s best solar resource, solar availability closely meets energy demand, and big solar…
Solar Energy Society Backs Victorian Feed in Tariff, Calls for National Action
By admin on July 21, 2010
21 July 2010 John Grimes, CEO Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) Website: www.auses.org.au Email: CEO@auses.org.au The Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) has welcomed the Victorian Government’s commitment to generate 5% of the State’s electricity from solar power by 2020 and $50m in funding for a 154MW solar project at Mildura. “This announcement by the Victorian Premier, John Brumby, of a feed-in tariff for large scale solar makes Victoria the sun smart State” said John Grim…
REDP Funding Finally Announced for Two Big Solar Projects
By admin on May 11, 2010
11 May 2010 John Grimes, CEO Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) Website: www.auses.org.au Email: CEO@auses.org.au The Australian Government has awarded $92 million to two large-scale solar energy demonstration projects. The two projects are: 1) 23 megawatt solar boost to coal-fired turbines at Kogan Creek, near Chinchilla in western Queensland ($32 million), using Ausra (now Areva) Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector technology 2) 40 megawatt concentrated solar thermal demonstration plant …