Australian Solar Shines in 2009
RENWABLEENERGYWORLD - Despite the global financial crisis, the Australian solar power industry grew a phenomenal 366% in 2009. Driven by a rebate that enabled "free" solar power systems to be sold, installations of grid connected solar power systems grew even eclipsed past-years' 200% growth. Will Australia be able to repeat these figures in 2010, now that the federal government's rebate has been substituted for a far less generous point-of-sale discount?
In 2009, over 56 MW of grid-connected solar power was installed in Australia. This is 3.66x the 12.2 MW installed in 2008, which itself was 2.13x the 4.3 MW installed in 2007 (Figure 1). Can Australia continue this trajectory and install 208 MW in 2010?
