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"The launch this week of federal Labor’s Solar Sunshot program, inviting bids
for a share of $550 million to scale up commercial manufacturing of modules,
tracking and deployment technologies, has once again stirred debate.
Can Australia compete with China – or indeed, should it even try – on solar
manufacturing? Is it an economic “flight of fancy” that is doomed to fail, as
the
Financial Review editorialised back in April when the policy was first
laid out?
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency, or Arena, which is administrating the
$1 billion Sunshot funding, is fully aware of the challenges facing Australia’s
solar manufacturing ambitions, but not cowed by them. The agency’s chief,
Darren Miller – among many others – has argued a good case in favour of the
policy.
But for tangible evidence of what Australia has to offer in green manufacturing
– given the right political and economic support – you could do worse than a
visit to the Adelaide “manufacturing centre of excellence” of Australian solar
innovator, 5B.
In an unassuming factory in an industrial precinct once dominated by automotive
manufacturing, 5B is walking the talk on making stuff in Australia. In this
case, not cells or modules, but solar Mavericks."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
