Watts in the Desert: Pioneering solar farming in Australia's Outback

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Watts in the Desert: Pioneering solar farming in Australia's Outback

This paper outlines the development of dispersed, embedded solar pv systems in Western Australia in the early 2000s. Despite the introduction of renewable energy legislation in 2001, earlier Australian governments generally ignored renewable energy as a viable alternative to fossil fuel. That is exc...

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Main Author:	Fullarton, Lex
Format:	Conference Paper
Language:	English
Published:	SEGRA 2019
Subjects:	Renewable Energy
Online Access:	https://segra.com.au/speakers/concurrent-speakers/#dr-alexander-fullarton http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76171

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