The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has recently released a large scale Solar Roadmap which includes recommended actions for the federal government of Australia over a five year period that will ensure the growth and development of the solar industry, especially large scale utility applications.
The Solar Roadmap also gave emphasis to the University of New South Wales and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) as the leading research and development institution of large scale applications of Solar Powerin Australia.
The Roadmap also features CSIRO support for current large scale projects that are truly groundbreaking in the renewable energy field. The Moree Solar Farm project just outside the town of Moree in NSW will be the largest of its kind, capable of generating 150 MW of energy from pure solar PV technology. Construction is due to begin early next year.
The road map suggests that the federal government should;
1. Implement a stable policy that will assist investments in large scale solar power projects, including a long term budget and various supportive measures.
2. Increase the country’s solar capacity by planning a volume of large scale projects that will allow the transition of the country to sufficient clean energy use to meet our 2020 and 2050 emission reduction goals.
3. Require concerned institutions to participate in the government programs.
4. Review local governments’ policies in the approval of future large scale projects.
5. Improve and facilitate grid connection capabilities.
6. Devote government resources to the improvement of data related to solar power.
The CEC’s solar roadmap is centered on the development of stable and firm policies for clean energy especially solar, primarily because the country already has most of the elements for the industry to succeed, but it is progress is suffering from a lack of consistent Australia wide policy to guide it.
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