Solar Manufacturing Returning To Australia ?
Posted by Big Gav in australia, solar power, solar pv
The Age has an article on the possible return of solar PV cell manufacturing to Australia - Canberra gives solar cell factory thumbs up.
AS PRESSURE increases to boost renewable energy sources in the face of global warming, the Federal Government has declared that a company that wants to manufacture solar cells is of "strategic importance" to Australia. Considerable home-grown expertise on renewables has been lost to Australia in recent years, with local innovators unable to win financial backing.
Now a company called Spark Solar Australia has been awarded "major project facilitation status" by the Federal Government for its planned $60 million high-tech solar cell factory. ...
The company is the first to be given such status by the government. Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese said the factory would produce more than 10 million solar cells each year, generating an estimated $135 million in annual export revenue. ...
The company plans to start building late this year and produce the first cells in late 2010. ... Spark Solar said 10 million solar cells would produce 40 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 9000 homes. That could soon expand to 30 million cells producing more than 120 megawatts.
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