[LINK] A solar superpower? Australian $24b plan

[Tom Worthington]

On 17/8/20 10:11 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:

> Could Australia ... become a solar superpower? ...

Yes, but an undersea cable is just one way. My colleagues at ANU also 
looking at Hydrogen Fuels and Renewable Refining of Metal Ores. Also 
they are looking at  Indigenous Community Engagement (you can't just go 
an cover someone's land in solar panels) and Renewable Energy Policy and 
Governance in the Asia-Pacific (you can't just turn up with gigawatts of 
power and try to sell it).
https://www.anu.edu.au/research/research-initiatives/zero-carbon-energy-for-the-asia-pacific/the-projects


ps: Even before COVID-19 the project was making use of video 
conferencing. It was fascinating to talk to the researchers located in
indigenous communities in northern Australia. Their role is important as 
you can't just turn up and tell the locals you are going to build a huge 
power station in their community and it will be good for them. They have 
been lied to repeatedly about such projects for hundreds of years.


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