NotWise
Desert Rat
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After all the fuss and palaver over "green" generation of energy ? I'm rather surprised that the middle "desert" in Oz ain't cluttered with solar panels.
We're getting to that point here, but new installations are a large investment, so it doesn't happen quickly. I imagine that Oz has the same problem we do. The areas where you can get a lot of inexpensive land to put the arrays (or windmills) are nowhere near the power grid, so the investment includes the cost of large, high-capacity extensions of the power grid. It's proven difficult to get those extensions permitted.
Our local power company has a few large arrays, but they're also taking the angle of subsidizing construction of small rooftop arrays. A lot of people with rooftop arrays generate more power than they use, so they're paid by the power company.