The
future
of
the
solar-thermal
plant
in
the
state
of
Queensland
is
in
doubt
after
the
state
authorities
pulled
A$75m
($77m)
of
funding
and
the
Areva-led
consortium
said
it
was
unable
to
meet
financial
close.
According
to
a
statement
from
Australia’s
federal
energy
minister
Martin
Ferguson,
Queensland's
Liberal
National
Party
(LNP)
government
has
terminated
its
funding
deed
to
the
Solar
Dawn
project
in
Chinchilla
and
the
“fate
of
the
project
now
hangs
in
the
balance”.
Queensland’s
energy
minister
Mark
McArdle
had
told
Recharge
in
May
that
the
state
government…
