Australian Government Urged to Back Solar Research

With the Australian government cutting back on its financial support to the solar power industry, sector leaders are calling on the administration to assume a more active role in promoting solar research. Tindo Solar manager Richard Inwood is among those who want the government to shift its support to renewable energy from subsidies to investment in research. Tindo Solar is the only factory that manufactures solar panels in Australia. Most of the panels used in the country are from China. Inwood acknowledges that Australia cannot compete yet with China’s cheap labour but it can lead in terms of research. He...

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