The renewable energy sector has reacted with dismay to the Federal Government’s recent directive, which bans the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) from investing in wind and small-scale solar, the latter of which includes rooftop panels.
Australia’s largest solar and battery storage project to date is getting a helping hand from the CEFC and ARENA, plus the ACT has announced a new wind power auction.
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good they say. Repower Port Augusta has seized on recent Federal Government comments and renewed its push for support for the construction of a solar thermal power plant.
South Australia’s State Government announced yesterday it will match Adelaide’s City Council incentives for energy storage – and had a strong message for the Abbott Government.