Scientists are beginning to realise that sunlight is a valuable form of energy production in more than one way. A new breakthrough called rectenna technology has allowed scientists to convert sunlight straight into direct current electricity.
The Broken Hill Solar Plant is on the cusp of completion, with the last of 677,760 solar panels installed.
The plant is currently generating up to 27 MW of renewable energy into the grid, with the remaining 26 MW expected to be brought online this month. It began feeding renewable energy into the grid for the first time in mid-September, after its sister project – the Nyngan Solar Plant – achieved a significant milestone for large-scale PV in Australia.
In a speech delivered at the All Energy Australia 2015 conference yesterday, Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten said Australia was an energy superpower with enough renewable resources to power our country “five hundred times over”.
Solar Citizens has welcomed Labor’s confirmation today of its focus on renewables as a source of economic growth as part of a plan to modernise Australia's electricity sector announced today.
National Director Claire O’Rourke said Federal ministers Josh Frydenberg and Greg Hunt had indicated the new Government also wanted to support more solar energy and the economic benefits and renewable jobs it could bring.