The Canberra Liberals have pledged to continue with current legislated targets of 100 percent renewable energy for the ACT by 2020 if elected, and achieving zero net emissions by 2050.
The following is an open letter to parliamentarians from 182 members of Australia’s solar research community.
This week’s first sitting of the 45th Parliament of Australia is considering a A$6.5 billion “omnibus savings bill”, including a proposed cut of A$1.3 billion to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). If adopted, it would effectively mean the end of ARENA and would devastate clean energy research in Australia.
A new solar forecasting system could save the solar power industry hundreds of millions of dollars and make it easier for grid operators and utilities to integrate high penetration levels of variable resources like solar into the electric grid.