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