The ''Future Made in Australia'' plan for solar panels relies on a
Twenty years ago China built a solar manufacturing industry on the back of Australian innovation. Now, as Australia tries to build a solar industry of its own, it needs
China dominates global solar manufacturing, but Chinese companies may be interested in expanding to Australia, experts say. (Getty: Song Wei/VCG)
It will cost around AU$880 million (US$596 million) to construct fully. In September, Cambridge JMD Australia, a regional subsidiary of fund manager Cambridge RE Partners, secured consent from the Australian government for its 300MW Cambridge Solar Farm.
To complicate the picture, early last year the Chinese government mooted banning the export of technology used to make solar panels, in order to maintain its global dominance in the solar industry. The ban would potentially apply to technology used in ingot-casting moulds to construct the wafers that are pieced together to create solar cells.
It's built a 20MW solar-cell production line in South Sydney and plans to build a commercial-scale factory at the site of the Liddell power station in the Hunter Valley. The Liddell factory will have a capacity of "hundreds of megawatts", the company's chief commercial officer Maia Schweizer said.
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