Cost and distance prime barriers for remote solar technology

Sunshine beats down on north-west WA in abundance. Why then, has there been such a limited take up of solar energy in remote communities?

n short the answer is money, with remote Kimberley communities having difficulty accessing capital funding.
Other reasons for a lack of uptake seem to lie in ineffective government policy and the communities' limited administrative resources.

These are the barriers that stop renewable energy being deployed in remote WA, according to recent research by the University of Queensland.

As part of the study they examined three remote Indigenous communities in the Kimberley, which each have a population of approximately 250 to 350 people.

Following a detailed analysis of solar technologies involving different cost-of-capital scenarios, the study concluded fixed-tilt solar PV was the most financially viable technology.

Link to article: http://phys.org/news/2016-05-distance-prime-barriers-remote-solar.html#jCp