http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/29/agl-and-first-solar-to-deliver-159-mw-in-nsw-solar-projects/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/29/agl-and-first-solar-to-deliver-159-mw-in-nsw-solar-projects/#comment-125331 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:54:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39606#comment-125331 Who is to blame? Looking at Grid Australia and the Australian Energy Regulator they both look like they’ve got a legacy  view of the world.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/29/agl-and-first-solar-to-deliver-159-mw-in-nsw-solar-projects/#comment-125327 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:06:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39606#comment-125327 So they are building grid only solar which gives about a third of the return of point of use solar at only about 10% less than the cost of point of use solar?  I’d call that an epic fail, except that it will reduce coal use which is currently killing people and so is an even greater fail.  But it is a huge missed opportunity.  Why not use the money to install point of use solar in locations where it is needed to prevent expensive upgrades in transmission infrastructure?  I’m afraid some people are not really thinking things through here in Australia. 

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