Australian Government to Award AUS$1.5 Billion for 400 MW of Solar Projects
Source/Type: News - Staff reports

Author: CompoundSemi News Staff

May 10, 2010... The government of Australia has pledged AUS$1.5 billion for its Solar Flagship program. The program will pick entrants from 52 applicants to produce to solar projects totaling 400 MW. One of the projects will be solar thermal (using heat to create power), and he other will be solar photovoltaic. The two power station projects are expected to be running by 2015, according to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald. The solar photovoltaic project is expected to be comprised of multiple photovoltaic technologies. There is no word yet on whether or not it will include thin-film solar or solar concentrator photovoltaic technology. According to the article, one possibility that has gained some traction among the the proposals is to use an integrated approach in which either more than one technology, or a solar technology and other renewable energy technologies, or even solar and fossil fuel to overcome solar's inherent down-time when the sun goes down.

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