DocumentCode
79788
Title
Photovoltaics in Australia: Time for a Rethink [In My View]
Author
MacGill, Iain ; Bruce, Anna
Author_Institution
University of New South Wales, Australia
Volume
13
Issue
2
fYear
2015
fDate
March-April 2015
Firstpage
96
Lastpage
94
Abstract
Reports on plans in Australia to expand solar power generation. The capacity of Installed photovoltaics (PVs) in Australia has expanded from around 50 MW to 4 GW over the past five years, an 80-fold increase. This has been driven by a perfect storm (or perhaps perfect rainbow) of rising retail electricity prices, falling global PV module prices, a strong Australian dollar, and federal and state government support.
Keywords
Australia; Electricity supply industry; Government policies; Photovoltaic systems; Power distribution planning; Power markets; Power system economics; Solar power generation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1540-7977
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPE.2014.2380575
Filename
7048014
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