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\"Solar<\/a>One of the key sub-themes that tends to elbow its way through these SolarQuotes weekly columns<\/a> is the understating, or inability to recognise, of the potential of solar energy in Australia. Time after time we at SolarQuotes HQ are forced to report on cuts in support from slow-moving and slow-thinking state governments. The bad news is not restricted to the states either with influential Canberra pollies such as Martin \u201cFossil Fuel\u201d Ferguson bemoaning the alleged lack of growth in the solar sector.<\/p>\n

This wouldn\u2019t be so bad except that old Fossil Fuel is Minister for Energy and Natural Resources!<\/p>\n

The constant downgrading in expectations for solar was highlighted for the sham it is by the recent Australian Energy Technology Assessment (AETA) Report by the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics<\/a>. The study found that (shock, horror) a country with the sunlight assets of Australia is likely to have solar power as the \u201clowest levelised cost\u201d of all the energy technologies in the country in around 20 years. This means that not only will solar be comparatively cheaper, but also play a major role in our energy needs.<\/p>\n

See last week\u2019s article<\/a> for the full story.<\/p>\n

The question of the speed bump that is the federal government\u2019s policy was well brought up in an article I stumbled across this week in Solar Australia.<\/p>\n

Aptly titled \u201cThe Inevitability of Solar PV\u201d<\/a> by Nigel Morris, director of solar industry analysis group SolarBusinessServices. The piece argues that the sky\u2019s the limit (ahem) with regard to solar energy in our country. The author points out that that a combo of a lack of vision from federal and state politics; a determined attempt by certain media outlets to underplay the achievements of solar (quick shout out to Mr Murdoch here?) and a misreading of data will not stop the inexorable growth of solar as an important energy source.<\/p>\n

Indeed Nigel takes the inevitability of solar further, saying a target of 40 gigawatts of solar power being generated by 2030 is certainly within Australia\u2019s reach, though it will require some rethinking of our energy priorities.<\/p>\n

The 40 GW projection also represents just over 70 per cent of the expected standing generation capacity in Australia and this will be a problem unless we radically reshape our energy markets, for a variety of reasons. The CSIRO\u2019s recently-released report into solar intermittency concluded that 40 per cent penetration was reasonable \u2013 this equates to roughly 24 GW; above AEMO\u2019s prediction but below our 40 GW hypothetical.<\/p>\n

He adds:<\/p>\n

40 GW by 2030 does start to look conceivable, but is not without its issues.<\/p>\n

It won\u2019t be plain sailing; we need major overhauls of our regulatory environment, an entirely new way of thinking about energy and \u2013 dare I say it \u2013 a little change in the vested interests and revenue streams that are feeling threatened today. Just quietly in their board rooms, they are undoubtedly considering a future where their market for terawatt hours could be halved, by the time their kids finish school.<\/p>\n

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Your thoughts on this folks? Do you agree that Australia has the capacity and political will to generate 40 gigawatts of solar by 2030? We’d like to hear your views, either in the comments field or over at our Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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