Apr302010
ABC1 News Hour: Dr. David Mills (Ausra) explains why AU is falling behind in global solar industry
Posted under News by Webmaster at 19:11 on Apr 30 2010
ABC1 News – News Hour on Solar Energy: AU is falling behind in global Solar Energy Industry. ABC asks industry experts why. While AU is a leader in technical and scientific solar energy, it is falling behind in large scale manufacting of solar technologies. This report talks to the AU solar expert, Dr. David Mills from AUSRA about why he went to the US to produce the world’s first large scale solar-thermal plant in CA and the development of new storage technologies. This story is about the opportunity for AU to generate increased Solar Energy and why we are falling behind due to the misconceptions and the powerful effect of the coal lobbyists in AU. “The whole world, in half a year, uses about the same amout of energy as the solar energy that hits Australia in one summer day” according to one solar energy expert. For latest Ausra media, visit: www.ausramediaroom.com
