The
move,
first
flagged
by
Recharge
in
January,
is
a
major
blow
to
the
government’s
ambition
to
kick-start
development
of
large-scale
solar
in
Australia.
Federal
authorities
have
also
been
forced
to
extend
the
deadline
for
the
project
that
won
the
solar-thermal
element
of
the
Solar
Flagships
contest.
Both
were
supposed
to
achieve
financial
close
in
mid-December
but
have
struggled
to
sign
power-purchase
agreements
and
secure
private
funding.
The
A$930m
($1bn)
Moree
Solar
Farm
–
a
150MW
PV
installation
in
northern
New
South
Wales
backed
jointly
by
the
UK’s
BP
Solar,
Australia’s
Pacific
Hydro…
