Solar Power Bankrupting Aussie Power Plants?

A recent report in The Australian claims that coal-based power plants are forced to idle because of solar power.

Australian government bonus schemes promise rooftop solar power producers 44c/ kWh for electricity they pour into the grid, whereas baseload generators are allowed only 4c/ kWh. In addition, the fact that sizeable solar power is being pumped into the grid in a distributed fashion (instead of from single, large power plants) is causing technology problems on the grid.

Government responses to the claim are not mentioned, but our feeling is that large-scale power generation in Australia may go the way of telegrams or dinosaurs.

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