Four solar farms in the Northern Territory are sitting idle, years after construction.
When works started on the Northern Territory's largest solar farm near Katherine, it was seen as a "game-changer" for the region.A number of NT solar farms are sitting idle, some more than two years after constructionRoadmap to Renewables report chair 'disappointed' in NT government's progress
It's one of four Top End solar farms that have been built in the past few years but are all sitting idle and not yet supplying energy to the grid. "To export power through the electrical network, generators must be compliant with the National Electricity Rules and Power and Water Network Technical Code, which ensures the reliability of power supply and power system security."suggested the projects were taking "comparably longer to bring online" than equivalent projects in other states.
"There's a myriad of things that are now being used around the world to stabilise the grid, given the intermittency and variability of various sorts [of energy]." Minister for Renewables and Energy Selena Uibo said her government was committed to the Territory's 50 per cent renewables energy target.
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