Energy in Australia
Energy-in-Australia-2015
Energy-in-Australia-2015
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Map 2.2: <strong>Australia</strong>’s solar energy potential<br />
Source: Geoscience <strong>Australia</strong> and BREE (2014) <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>Energy</strong> Resource Assessment<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>’s w<strong>in</strong>d resources are some of the best <strong>in</strong> the world, primarily<br />
<strong>in</strong> the south-western, southern and south eastern marg<strong>in</strong>s and extend<strong>in</strong>g<br />
hundreds of kilometres <strong>in</strong>land. These resources are mak<strong>in</strong>g an <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g<br />
contribution to <strong>Australia</strong>’s electricity generation. High solar radiation levels<br />
over much of <strong>Australia</strong> provide some of the best solar resources <strong>in</strong> the<br />
world, and developments <strong>in</strong> commercial scale solar technologies are<br />
expected to encourage further utilisation. The annual solar radiation fall<strong>in</strong>g<br />
on <strong>Australia</strong> is approximately 58,000,000 petajoules, nearly ten thousand<br />
times larger than <strong>Australia</strong>’s current annual energy consumption.<br />
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